Sen. Chris Coons says Republicans are privately congratulating Biden for his win

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Republican senators are almost universally ignoring President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Behind the scenes, it's apparently a different story.

In a Tuesday CNN appearance, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), who worked closely with Biden during the 2020 race, said it was time for Republicans to acknowledge Biden's win and start the presidential transition. But so far, Coons sees "little evidence of voter fraud in key states" President Trump would need to flip the election, and "little evidence of any Republicans standing up to the president" and accepting a loss.

Only four GOP senators have publicly acknowledged Biden's win. But privately, Republican senators "call me to say 'congratulations, please convey my well wishes to the president-elect, but I can't say that publicly yet,'" Coons described. Coons is now urging those senators to "do the right thing and to help the president accept reality" so the transition can get started as soon as possible.

Moments ago on @NewDay... Sen. @ChrisCoons reveals what some of his Republican colleagues have said to him in private -- "please convey my well wishes to the President-Elect, but I can't say that publicly yet."

https://theweek.com/speedreads/949072/sen-chris-coons-says-republicans-are-privately-congratulating-biden-win

Effing cowards!!!

[CentralMass]

1. Weasels.

[Ohiogal]

2. Effing cowards is right!

Guess they would rather live in fear of a lame duck!

[Rice4VP]

3. So why doesn't he name them? Why is he keeping their

names a secret? Expose them and stop playing their stupid game.

[Aristus]

4. And, unlike Trump, they don't say the quiet part out loud:

"Congratulations, Mr. President-Elect!

(Thank God I don't have to kow-tow to that orange-faced shit anymore!...)"

[grumpyduck]

5. Talk about burning the candle at both ends!

Or covering your ass at both ends...

[rzemanfl]

6. I bet more of them had sex this week with women who aren't their wives, privately. n/t

[PatSeg]

7. Must suck being that spineless

[msongs]

8. name names or stifle yerself nt

[Ace Rothstein]

9. I'm so fucking tired of hearing what Republicans say in private.

[jalan48]

10. Ah yes, the Republicans are saying the right things privately but are totally OK with what's

going on in public. What should I believe?

[Thekaspervote]

11. It does at least say they know dotard lost and Biden is the president elect

[Backseat Driver]

12. Blushing Brides of Satan - Did the Good Senator ask

them "Who was their errand boy the last four plus years?" WTF, they fear the chatter of their encrypted-key-provided cell service?

Ah, thank you, but Biden doesn't need well-wishes; he ain't sick. Tell them to call their American Constitutionally faithless messages of new-found cooperation personally to Pres-Elect Biden, and in public! Then hang up!

[D23MIURG23]

13. I'm so tired of hearing about republicans "privately" adhering to norms.

If you won't do it publicly, don't expect to be lauded as "one of the good ones" when the danger is over.

Your private reservations don't do anything to protect the integrity of our republic.

[crickets]

16. +1000000

[Ferrets are Cool]

14. Cowards

[crickets]

15. "but I can't say that publicly yet."

Oh, yes you can. You just won't, because your country isn't important enough to you for you to do so.

[GoCubsGo]

17. What a bunch of fucking cowards.

[Brainfodder]

18. Politics, it's crap only smellier!

[BlueWavePsych]

19. The Hill - Coons: GOP colleagues privately asking me to congratulate Biden

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/525290-coons-gop-colleagues-privately-asking-me-to-congratulate-biden