'We are underreacting to how serious this moment is'

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.2 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Many Republicans in Congress are dodging the question of whether they’ll accept this year’s election results. What’s at stake in 2024 if only one party will accept defeat?

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0:00.0	Support for this podcast comes from Is Business Broken, a podcast from BU
0:04.6	Quest from School of Business. Follow wherever you get your podcasts and stick around
0:09.0	until the end of this podcast for a preview of a recent episode that looks at how businesses might tackle issues like climate change.
0:17.0	This is on point. I'm Magnachach Robardi.
0:20.0	Will you commit to accepting the election results of 2024?
0:23.4	Bottom line.
0:24.4	At the end of the day, the 47th President of the United States will be President
0:30.4	Donald Trump and I'm excited to give back to low inflation, low unemployment.
0:34.6	Wait, wait, Senator, yes or no, yes or no, will you accept the election results of 2024 no matter who wins?
0:41.8	That is my statement. And that is Republican Senator Tim Scott of
0:47.7	South Carolina just last month on NBC's Meet the Press with Kristen Wilker.
0:52.2	But is just yes or no? Will you NBC's meet the press with Kristen Wilker.
0:53.0	But is just yes or no?
0:54.6	Will you accept the election results of 2024?
0:58.7	I look forward to President Trump being the 47th president.
1:01.8	Kristen, you could ask him multiple times.
1:03.4	Senator, just a yes or no answer.
1:05.5	So the American people, the American people
1:08.0	will make the decision.
1:09.2	But I don't hear you committing.
1:10.7	For President Trump, that's that clear.
1:12.2	I don't hear you committing to the election result.
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