Pat Toomey, a Republican from PA, has called upon Trump to "accept the outcome of the election" and facilitate the transition process.
Pat Toomey, a Republican from PA, has called upon Trump to “accept the outcome of the election” and facilitate the transition process. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Pat Toomey, a Republican from PA, has called upon Trump to “accept the outcome of the election” and facilitate the transition process.

By Kara Seymour, Patch Staff

PENNSYLVANIA — Republican Senator Pat Toomey from Pennsylvania has called upon President Trump to “accept the outcome of the election and facilitate the presidential transition process” following Saturday’s ruling in federal court.

Toomey’s statement came after U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Brann tossed the Trump campaign’s most significant lawsuit contesting the election results in Pennsylvania. Brann said the suit, which sought to stop Pennsylvania from certifying its election results, was both legally flawed and lacking in evidence.

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Toomey said Brann is “a longtime conservative Republican whom I know to be a fair and unbiased jurist.”

In light of Brann’s ruling, “President Trump has exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the result of the presidential race in Pennsylvania,” Toomey said.

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