Pelosi Statement on Continued Failure of GOP Leadership to Condemn Trump, Defend Elections

October 20, 2016
Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement as Speaker Ryan and Senator McConnell fail to reject Donald Trump's refusal to commit to accepting the results of the November election:

"Last night, Donald Trump once again threatened the foundation of American democracy itself, and Speaker Ryan and Senator McConnell can't find the courage to stand by the sanctity of our electoral system.

"Never before in our history has a major party candidate refused to accept the results of an election.  The deafening silence of Speaker Ryan and Senator McConnell only worsens the lasting damage that will be caused by this unprecedented assault on our values as a nation.

"Silence is complicity.  Evasion is unacceptable.  Speaker Ryan and Senator McConnell must make it unequivocally clear that they reject Trump's horrifying attack on our elections."