Sen. Tim Scott’s pandering to Donald Trump while aiding and abetting his election lies was a bridge too far for CNN’s Dana Bash. Scott made an appearance on State of the Union this Sunday, and was pressed by Bash over and over again on whether he would urge Trump “not to prematurely declare victory and allow the process to play out” while the votes are still being counted “so the American people can trust the final outcome” of the election.
Scott, of course, refused to answer, telling Bash instead “Dana, we are looking forward to a good day on Tuesday night without any question. I’m excited to see the battleground states we talked about are all leaning towards Trump. So the good news is we will have a fair election and Donald Trump will be our next president.”
After Scott rambled on about how well things are going for them so far in some of the swing states, Bash tried again to get Scott to respond to her question. “I appreciate your optimism, that’s your job on the eve of the election but what I’m asking about is, what if he doesn’t win? And the fact of the matter that is that Trump is already spreading false claims about cheating in Pennsylvania. He has repeatedly predicted a massive victory even though polls show that race is very close. He’s setting the stage for his supporters not to believe the results if he loses. Do you want him to stop doing that?”
Scott again refused to answer, saying he would “never tell any candidate on the ballot to talk about what happens they lose.”
