nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at 38z1|||GOP Tip-Toes Around Acknowledging Biden Win, Timidly Backs Trump Election Conspiracy||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Republicans have in large part shunned the tradition of congratulating the president elect, but many in the GOP establishment have not openly welcomed Trump's conspiracies of election fraud either.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other high-ranking Republicans have thus far not broken with President Trump on his unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud.



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GOP Tip-Toes Around Acknowledging Biden Win, Timidly Backs Trump Election Conspiracy

Republicans have in large part shunned the tradition of congratulating the president elect, but many in the GOP establishment have not openly welcomed Trump's conspiracies of election fraud either.