the benign interview that the 2020 election was conducted fairly and that donald trump simply lost. that was enough to set off the former president who put out a scathing statement yesterday blasting mike rounds as weak and ineffective. calling haim rhino. it s code for republican in name only and pledging never to endorse my rounds for senate again. he stood by his comments he was what he said was correct, that the former president lost the 2020 election. that s factually speaking, accurate, as certified by election officials and governors all over the country. the former president s efforts to fight it in court were unsuccessful. if rounds wanted to be taken seriously, they need to tell the truth about something like this now. zooming out a little bit, mike rounds is speaking for something of a silent majority of senate republicans who know he s correct but don t want to step into the breach and battle with former president trump. they know they could be on the receiving end of a sta