NASHVILLE – A number of Republican leaders in Tennessee and Georgia are lining up behind President Donald Trump on his so-far unsupported claims of fraud and “illegal votes” marring results in key states of his 2020 presidential contest with Democrat Joe Biden.
“We need transparency in our election system. What we’re seeing is fraud, and it must be stopped,” Republican U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann of Ooltewah alleged on Twitter.
In a statement, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, called it “a shame that we have to fight for a fair election in the greatest democracy the world has ever known, but we do.”
She urged supporters to contribute to Trump’s legal defense fund as he prepares legal challenges to vote counts favoring Biden, who is running ahead in key states such as Georgia.
Trump, Blackburn said, “has always had our backs, and now, Tennesseans need to have his to make sure every single legally cast ballot is counted.”