Today on Sunday, Nov. 8, former GOP President George W Bush congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in a phone call and issued his letter that said the 2020 race was "fundamentally fair" and "its outcome is clear" while President Donald Trump has the right to pursue legal challenges and recounts.
The gesture by Bush, the only living former Republican president, was a break from his party's outgoing president, Trump, who has so far refused to concede the race.
In the statement, Bush said he had called Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Sunday.
"Though we have political differences, I know Joe Biden to be a good man, who has won his opportunity to lead and unify our country," Bush said. "The President-elect reiterated that while he ran as a Democrat, he will govern for all Americans. I offered him the same thing I offered Presidents Trump and Obama: my prayers for his success, and my pledge to help in any way I can."
Bush also offered congratulations in the statement to Trump "on a hard-fought campaign," nodding to his "extraordinary political achievement" of winning the votes of more than 70 million Americans, the second-most in history behind Biden.
Bush in 2000 was elected by a much smaller margin than Biden, with his race against Democratic" The American people can have confidence that this election was fundamentally fair, its integrity will be upheld, and its outcome is clear," Bush said.
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Bush congratulates Biden, says election was 'fundamentally fair' and 'its outcome is clear'
(CNN) Former President George W. Bush congratulated President-elect Joe Biden in a phone call Sunday and said that, while President Donald Trump has the right to pursue legal challenges and recounts, the 2020 race was "fundamentally fair" and "its outcome is clear."
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