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In contrast to many strong, consistent, legitimate conservatives, like Morton Klein, President of the Zionist Organization of America, who has uncritically retweeted claims of election fraud since the mainstream media reported that Biden was the alleged "victor" in the 2020 election and even tweeted that evidence of fraud was "[f]rightening" and "[d]eeply worrying" in response to one of President Trump's tweets,[1] a number of people with traditional conservative views congratulated Joe Biden on his supposed "victory" or have attacked legal expert Sidney Powell for her own evidentiary claims of widespread fraud.
- Benjamin Netanyahu: Netanyahu, who is generally consistently conservative, issued a tweet congratulating Biden and Kamala Harris[2] immediately preceding a tweet thanking Trump for pro-Israel actions in his first term.[3] Netanyahu lives halfway across the world from the United States, so he was likely misled by the American media.
- Mike Cernovich: Right-wing populist Mike Cernovich got into a Twitter feud with fellow right-wing populist Brandon Straka after Cernovich appeared to concede the election to Biden days after attending a "Stop the Steal" rally.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Cernovich left his original tweet but deleted subsequent tweets attacking Straka for criticizing him.
- Tucker Carlson: Tucker Carlson, a popular Fox News host, infamously attacked Sidney Powell for refusing to provide him with legal evidence of widespread voter fraud. Powell claimed that Carlson was "insulting, demanding, and rude" in his requests to her. Carlson then doubled down,[13] before backtracking and admitting that there was significant potential for election fraud.[14] Popular conservative Steven Crowder has pointed out that Carlson is a political shape-shifter.[15]
- Boris Johnson: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a member of the Conservative Party and Brexiteer who has been compared to Donald Trump, congratulated Biden and Harris, insulting Trump in the process, contacting Biden before all other world leaders.[16][17]
- Pat Toomey: RINO Pat Toomey, who was the sole Republican to vote against the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement[18] and along with Mitt Romney said that Roger Stone deserved to be in prison,[19] labelled Trump's fraud claims "very disturbing."[20]
- Fox News: The Fox News Channel, a cable news network which has long disappointed conservatives,[21][22][23] banning and firing many conservatives,[24][25][26][27][28][29] not only joined CNN, MSNBC, and the Associated Press in calling the election for Biden,[30] but called the state of Arizona for Biden prior to all of these networks.[31][32] Judge Jeanine Pirro was suspended for a week for planning to discuss allegations of voter fraud.[33] Neil Cavuto cut off one of Kayleigh McEnany's press conferences because of McEnany's claims of widespread fraud, and Sandra Smith was caught in bewilderment at one of her guests over the guest's statement that the outcome of the election did not result in a win for Biden simply because the legacy news media, including "CNN and frankly, Fox News" projected Biden's victory.[34]
- The Republican Swamp: Susan Collins,[35] Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, and the McCains all fell in line to congratulate "President-elect" Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as soon as they possibly could.[36][37]
- Charles Koch: Globalist billionaire Charles Koch, who has donated large sums of money to leftists and establishment conservatives, prematurely congratulated Biden and Harris and offered to work with them on numerous issues.[38]
- Tim Miller: Token conservative for MSNBC Tim Miller, after Nicole Wallace listed off "right-wing conservatives" Republicans Bill Barr, John Bolton, and Liz Cheney, who had conceded the election to Biden and condemned allegations of widespread voter fraud (for example in this op-ed by Bolton for The Washington Post),[39] not only condemned Trump's and other conservatives' disagreement with the electoral "results" as accepted by MSNBC, calling these conservatives "autocratic," but added to Wallace's criticism of the listed Republicans for not acting against the President prior to the election, calling them "comfortable" enough to act against him now but "deluded" for thinking that the GOP could return to its pre-Trump state.[40]
- Republican Governors: Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Vermont Governor Phil Scott,[41] and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine all prematurely congratulated Joe Biden.[42] Georgia Governor Brian Kemp was widely criticized by Trump and his supporters for inaction with regard to election fraud in that state. When Kemp subsequently called for a full signature audit,[43] many of Georgia's grassroots conservatives had already turned their backs on him, even calling for him to resign if he did not follow through on his newfound promise to fully investigate fraud claims.[44]
- The Amazing Lucas: A commentator known on YouTube as "The Amazing Lucas," whose channel has hundreds of thousands of subscribers, and who has defended far-right white nationalist Nick Fuentes,[45] attacked murdered black police officer David Dorn,[46] had a friendly 45-minute chat with pro-Big Tech establishmentarian leftist Hunter Avallone,[47] and who many have noticed has progressively become more liberal despite still claiming to be conservative or "nuanced" (moderate),[48] compared conservatives skeptical of Joe Biden's alleged 2020 "victory" to social justice warriors outraged at the legitimate results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[49]
- Mitch McConnell: The Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell, who may have been bought off by Dominion Voting Systems[50] and thus compromised,[51] urged Tommy Tuberville not to challenge pro-Biden electors. McConnell's failure to combat election fraud earned him direct criticism from President Trump.[52]
- Tom Cotton: In 2021, Senator Tom Cotton openly refused to object to the possibly illegitimate "results" of the 2020 presidential election. Cotton has supported establishing a commission to investigate possible instances of fraud,[53] but President Trump criticized Cotton for announcing his refusal to object to certification, and argued that Cotton was not sufficiently concerned about election integrity.[54]
- Mike Pence: In 2021, Vice President Mike Pence certified the official results of the 2020 United States presidential election.[55] In response, Donald Trump issued his only critical tweet of Pence.[56]
- Donald Trump: Finalizing the concession, on January 7, 2021, President Donald Trump conceded the 2020 United States presidential election to Joe Biden.[57]
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