Washington Post
Former president Donald Trump lashed out Monday at Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., calling him a "jerk," a day after the GOP senator said the 2020 election was "as fair as we have seen" and dismissed Trump's widely debunked allegations of extensive voter fraud.
Speaking to ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, Rounds said that Trump's claims that fraud rigged the election for Democrat Joe Biden are baseless and that conspiracy theories asserting the 2020 election was stolen from the former president are unfounded.
"We looked at over 60 different accusations made in multiple states," Rounds said. "While there were some irregularities, there were none of the irregularities which would have risen to the point where they would have changed the vote outcome in a single state."
He added, "The election was fair, as fair as we have seen." Republicans, Rounds said, "simply did not win the election."
"Moving forward - and that's the way we want to look at this - moving forward, we have to refocus once again on what it's going to take to win the presidency," he said.
In a statement Monday, Trump doubled down on his false allegations of voter fraud, accused Rounds of being a RINO - "Republican In Name Only" - and said he would never endorse the South Dakota Republican again. Rounds doesn't face a reelection race until 2026.
"Is he crazy or just stupid?" Trump asked of Rounds. "The only reason he did this is because he got my endorsement and easily won his state in 2020, so now he...
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