Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., on Sunday declined to refer to Joe Biden as president-elect, saying there’s no such job until after the Electoral College votes.
In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Blunt said the title, if he wins it, will come after electors from all 50 states meet on Dec. 14 to place their official votes.
The vote count will be finalized and election results certified Jan. 6.
"The president-elect will be the president-elect when the electors vote for him,” Blunt said. “There is no official job of president-elect."
Blunt said there’s a “big role” for President Donald Trump in the weeks to come.
“I have certainly encouraged his staff to look at the transition now, look at the opportunity in Georgia to help us win these Senate seats, look at what the president can do — if the president is leaving the White House, as he says he will do if he loses the Electoral College vote, — to help us win back the House in 2022,” he said.
“I think there is a big role for President Trump. And I hope he embraces that and looks at how you move to whatever comes next for him, assuming that this election works out the way it appears it will.”
He also praised Trump for presiding over a “secure" election.
“I think the system, frankly, was more secure than it's ever been before,” Blunt said. “And the president deserves some credit for that.”
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