Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio — the state’s co-chair of the Trump campaign — on Monday urged the General Services Administration to release transition resources to Joe Biden.
In a commentary for the Cincinnati Enquirer, Portman wrote the GSA should give the Biden team transition funds and infrastruction, and that they should be allowed intelligence briefings and briefings on the coronavirus vaccine distribution plan.
“This is only prudent,” he wrote.
“Donald Trump is our president until Jan. 20, 2021, but in the likely event that Joe Biden becomes our next president, it is in the national interest that the transition is seamless and that America is ready on Day One of a new administration for the challenges we face,” he wrote.
“The presidential election was contentious and hard fought. Roughly half of America was bound to be disappointed with the outcome. My hope is that all of us, as Americans, regardless of who we supported in the campaign, will be willing to accept the result because a thorough process was followed and the final vote count was clear,” he said.
Portman declared "there is no evidence as of now of any widespread fraud or irregularities that would change the result in any state."
Some Republicans have now acknowledged Biden as president-elect, Axios noted, including Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Marco Rubio of Florida, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.
Others have urged the GSA to provide transition resources, including Sens. John Thune or South Dakota, Jim Lankford of Oklahoma, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
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