As former president Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, he is promoting false claims about the 2020 election, championing violent offenders who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and refusing to commit to abiding by the results of the 2024 presidential election.
What about the rest of the presidential field?
The Washington Post sent a questionnaire to the campaigns of 15 candidates. Ten answered. The Post also reviewed past comments for the whole field. The results show how the GOP still struggles to clearly answer what have long been basic assumptions of democracy, with candidates and campaigns in some cases offering muddled responses, shifting positions or dodging straightforward questions.
The Post found that three Republican candidates do not acknowledge Biden legitimately won the 2020 election. Most candidates do — even while some continue to make unfounded claims about problems in the vote….
Only nine of the 15 candidates have affirmatively committed to accepting the results of the next election.