Hello from Washington, Chuck Todd here and you're listening to a special edition of the

Chuck Podcast. This week I had a chance to sit down with retiring Republican Senator

Lamar Alexander. Once the governor of Tennessee and a two-time candidate for president, he's

leaving the Senate where he says served since 2003. X-SERP to this interview ran on

Meet the Press, but I wanted to share this full, unedited interview with you right here.

Senator Alexander, welcome back to Meet the Press. Let me start with a simple question. Any

doubt who won the presidential election? Well, shouldn't be after Monday. I mean, the

states have counted, certified their votes. The courts have resolved the disputes. It looks

very much like the electorates will vote for Joe Biden and when they do. I hope that he

puts the country first. I mean, the president that he takes pride in his considerable

accomplishments that he congratulates the president elect and helps him get off to a good start,

especially in the middle of this pandemic. We need to not lose one day in the transition

and getting the vaccine out to everybody who needs it.

You know, it's been 37 days since the election. 33 days since it was called. Six days since

we know that enough pledged electors have been certified for the election. And yet on Wednesday,

the President of the United States tweeted hashtag overturn. Is it about time for this to

stop?

Well, Monday, it should stop. I mean, remember, it's not unprecedented to contest an election.

Al Gore took 37 days, I believe, to contest before he finally conceded. And then he made

the best speech of his life, respecting the result, which is what I hope the president

will do, and the electors vote for Joe Biden on Monday, which is apparent they will.

You are putting a lot of faith and you seem to be almost willingly trying to ignore the

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