More members of Trump's own party say it's time for him to accept defeat

 

"It's past time to start a transition, to at least cooperate with a transition. I'd rather have a president who has more than one day to prepare," Republican Senator Kevin Cramer said

“There has to be an end” to President Donald Trump’s fight to reverse the outcome of the Nov. 3 election, which the incumbent lost to Joe Biden, Republican Senator Kevin Cramer said on Sunday, joining a small but growing number of GOP officials.

“It’s past time to start a transition, to at least cooperate with a transition. I’d rather have a president who has more than one day to prepare,” the North Dakota lawmaker said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Kramer said he told his staff “well over a week ago” to cooperate with any transition outreach, adding, “we have a government to run.” Senator John Cornyn of Texas tweeted on Sunday that Joe Biden should now be getting intelligence briefings.

The comments came hours after fellow GOP Senator Pat Toomey said Trump “has exhausted all plausible legal options” in Pennsylvania, and that it was time to concede.

“President Trump should accept the outcome of the election and facilitate the presidential transition process,” Toomey said in a lengthy statement Saturday night after a Trump campaign lawsuit that challenged the Pennsylvania vote was thrown out. The campaign has vowed to appeal.

The Pennsylvania senator noted that the judge in the case, Matthew Brann, was “a longtime conservative Republican,” even though he was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. Brann called the legal claims brought by Trump a “Frankenstein’s Monster.”