We expected better from Stauber than partisan protest
Written By:
Duluth News Tribune Editorial Board |
10:25 am, Dec. 19, 2020
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Our U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., was correct, of course, that President Donald Trump was “within his right” to pursue legal challenges to the election outcome, as the congressman said in the News Tribune last week.
But Stauber was wrong to betray the wishes of tens of thousands of his constituents who voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden for president, many of whom also voted for him, by refusing to acknowledge the outcome of the election — even after Attorney General William Barr, a fellow Republican, verified there was no evidence of fraud that would change the result. Stauber’s refusal to acknowledge reality dragged on even weeks after the ballot count was completed and certified.