Elected Representative Issa says Trump should attend Biden’s inauguration

Elected representative Darrell NowDarrell Edward Issa: The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Mastercard – The Modern Vaccine Approaches US Approval; Congress cites “progress” toward relief bill Issa defeats Campa-Najjar in California House race Democrats backed by chamber accept endorsements in final straight MORE (R-California) said Thursday it is waiting President TrumpDonald Trump: Interior Secretary gives positive to COVID-19 after two days of meetings with officials: reports that South Carolina Republicans give positive to the coronavirus hours after speaking at the Trump House floor to name Giuliani’s son in the role of the Holocaust Memorial Council MORE will attend the president-elect Joe BidenJoe Biden Booker: COVID-19 relief bill is “far below” the desired pandemic aid for states and Trump communities to nominate Giuliani’s son to the role of the Holocaust Memorial Council .Next month’s inauguration amid speculation about Trump could skip the four-year affair.

“You know that since George Washington there has been a peaceful transition of power, and I think it’s important that it continues, so yes, of course it would,” he told The Hill’s “Meet the New Members” event. “when asked if Trump should attend. the inauguration on January 20th.

“The reality is that when the outgoing president and the incoming president come together, it is a unique moment. It’s a time when the United States respects both of them as they go through, and it’s an important moment, and I hope it happens. “

Issa is the latest Republican to have indicated that Trump should attend the act that means the peaceful transition of power. Sen. Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin Graham: Hillicon Valley: Texas and other states file antitrust lawsuit against Google Krebs emphasizes election security as senators turn heads | Twitter represses disinformation of the coronavirus vaccine. False accounts posing as Republican Party leaders in Parler sell Trump hats and CBD oil: report with Senate at stake, Georgia is on our minds MORE (RS.C.), a senior White House ally, said last month before Biden’s victory was certified by the Electoral College that doing so would be “good for the country.”

Issa is known to be close to Trump. He supported him in 2016 and was appointed to head the U.S. Commerce and Development Agency, although he never received Senate confirmation for the job.

Trump has refused to concede his loss to Biden even after the Electoral College earlier this week certified Biden’s victory in the White House race.

The president and his allies have launched an extensive legal campaign seeking to annul the election, claiming widespread electoral fraud cost him re-election. However, virtually all of the lawsuits have been dismissed, including some judges appointed by Trump, for lack of evidence or for his presence.

Issam, entering his second stage in the House, acknowledged Biden’s victory, telling moderators Bob CusackRobert (Bob) Cusack The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Mastercard – The Modern Vaccine Approaches US Approval; Congress Cites “Progress” on Relief Bill The Hill’s Morning Report – Sponsored by Facebook – Election Day has come law enforcement for unrest after election day MORE and Steve Clemons that “Joe Biden will be our president on Jan. 20.”

The Hill’s “Meet the New Members” event was sponsored by Philips Morris International and Mastercard.