CNN: “Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Thursday she recognizes President Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, even as she claimed there were ‘lots of problems’ with the 2020 election that Republican candidates should address.
“‘Painfully, Joe Biden won the election and it’s very painful to watch. He’s the President. We know that,’ McDaniel said at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor in Washington, DC. While the RNC has for months criticized Biden in press releases and rapid response materials, McDaniel’s comments Thursday marked the first time the party chairwoman has clearly stated that Biden ‘won’ the 2020 election.
“Her comments also come as former President Donald Trump, who McDaniel said remains an overwhelming influence on the Republican Party, continues to push conspiracy theories about the 2020 election with the help of leaders across the GOP’s election apparatus. Earlier this year, the RNC unveiled a ‘Committee on Election Integrity,’ and, on Thursday, McDaniel declined to say whether Trump’s pressure campaign to convince then-Vice President Mike Pence to block congressional certification of Biden’s Electoral College victory was unconstitutional.
‘I’m not a constitutional scholar,’ McDaniel said.”