Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Pat Toomey Friday said he voted for President Donald Trump's reelection and endorsed his candidacy, but he finds the president's speech alleging voter fraud in his state "very disturbing" as there was no "evidence to support it."
"There are some irregularities, I'm sure," Toomey told "CBS This Morning." "There were some decisions that were very bad decisions made by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, made by the Philadelphia Elections Commission."
But still, said Toomey, "I am not aware of any significant fraud, any significant wrongdoing. If it happened, then the evidence needs to come out. We need to go to court. We need to punish the wrongdoers."
He stressed that he is not aware of any such evidence, even though there has been a history of evidence of problems in Philadelphia.
"We have congressmen who have gone to jail recently, state elected officials who have gone to jail, so there's definitely been corruption problems," said Toomey, "but there is simply no evidence that anybody has shown me or anyone else I'm aware of of any kind of widespread corruption or fraud."
Philadelphia Election Commission officials have refused to allow observers to get close enough to see what's happening in the ballot-counting process, and "that's not right," said Toomey.
But, he added, "it's not proof that there's widespread fraud or theft. It's not likely at all."
Toomey also called to allow the voting process to play out, even if it's taking a longer time because of the mailed-in ballots.
The senator added that he wants the next president to be the person who wins the Electoral Collge legitimately.
"I will accept whoever that is," the senator said. "That's the way I think we need to approach this."
Trump declared early Wednesday that he'd won the electoral votes, but Toomey pointed out one can't win an election until votes have been counted, including recounts.
"That's a legitimate part of the process," he said. "It typically includes some litigation. For instance, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court completely illegally and unconstitutionally rewrote the rules so there are ballots that really should not be counted, but my understanding is those have been segregated in Pennsylvania. We know which ones they are. That will probably get litigated, especially if they could affect the outcome."
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