Donald Trump lashes out at Ohio's Republican governor Mike DeWine for saying that Joe Biden has won the election suggesting he should be primaried if he seeks a second term

  • Donald Trump suggested Monday that the GOP should oust Ohio's Republican Governor Mike DeWine if he runs for a second term in 2024
  • 'Who will be running for Governor of the Great State of Ohio? Will be hotly contested!' Trump tweeted
  • The president's comments came after DeWine acknowledged last week that Joe Biden won the presidential election 
  • He also called for a peaceful transition of power from Trump to Biden
  • 'It's clear that, certainly, based on what we know now, that Joe Biden is the president-elect. And...  it's important for a normal transition to start through'

Donald Trump suggested Monday that Republican Mike DeWine be ousted by the GOP after the Ohio governor acknowledged that Joe Biden won the presidential election.

'Who will be running for Governor of the Great State of Ohio? Will be hotly contested!' Trump tweeted Monday morning.

DeWine's current term ends January 2023.

The rust belt governor endorsed Trump for reelection, but earlier this week admitted that Biden won the election and urged the president to back down on his legal challenges, accept defeat and allow a peaceful transition.

'The president has every right to go into court, every right to bring any kind of evidence that he has. And no one should begrudge him that or say that there is anything irregular about that,' DeWine told CNN in defense of Trump.

'On the other hand,' he continued, 'it's clear that, certainly, based on what we know now, that Joe Biden is the president-elect. And that transition, for the country's sake, it's important for a normal transition to start through.

Donald Trump suggested Monday that the GOP should oust Ohio's Republican Governor Mike DeWine, claiming his reelection in 2024 will be 'hotly contested!'

Donald Trump suggested Monday that the GOP should oust Ohio's Republican Governor Mike DeWine, claiming his reelection in 2024 will be 'hotly contested!' 

The president's comments came after DeWine acknowledge Joe Biden won the election and called for a peaceful transition of power while also pledging his loyalty to Trump

The president's comments came after DeWine acknowledge Joe Biden won the election and called for a peaceful transition of power while also pledging his loyalty to Trump

'I think we have to have faith in our judicial system, faith in our electoral system. And I'd say this to both sides of this. And I was certainly a supporter and remain a supporter of the president,' he told 'State of the Union' host Jake Tapper.

Ohio is one of the key battleground states that swung red for Trump, with 53.4 per cent voting for the president and 45.2 per cent for Biden. The state also went red in 2016 for Trump. 

DeWine won his gubernatorial bid in 2018 when he defeated Democrat Richard Cordray with 50.4 per cent of the vote to 46.7 per cent.

He served as U.S. senator from Ohio from 1995-2007 and was attorney general in the state from 2011 until he was elected governor in 2018.

DeWine is among the six sitting Republican governors who have acknowledged Biden's win as Trump continues to cast doubt on the integrity of the presidential election, claiming Democrats 'stole' it for the former vice president.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson became the latest governor to break the president on Sunday, when he told NBC News Trump should concede and launch the transition process.

'I expect Joe Biden to be the next president of the United States,' Hutchinson told NBC's Chuck Todd.

New Hampshire's Republican Governor Chris Sununu, who also endorsed Trump's reelection, said Biden's lead is getting 'bigger and bigger by the day.'

He also said the president's legal options are dissipating.

'Joe Biden is the president-elect, and I think like most Americans, we suspect he´ll be taking the oath of office in January,' Sununu said, insisting there was no legal fraud in his state.

A few dozen Republicans have encouraged the General Services Administration to ascertain the presidential election so Biden can begin important transition business, including beginning to receive the daily intelligence briefing.

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