One of the names being mentioned to fill the U.S. Attorney General’s role in a potential Biden administration has been U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), who lost his reelection bid earlier this month to former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville.
During an appearance on MSNBC on Monday, Jones declined to address that possibility. However, he did downplay the legal options for the Trump campaign to pursue in overturning the election.
Jones criticized the effort, calling it a “national embarrassment.”
“No, there’s not been anything legally that I have seen that has come out,” he said. “It has just been crazy conspiracy theories. And, yes, anybody can appeal a case, and — because once a case gets turned — turned down and you lose on — at a lower court level, court of appeals are pretty much obligated to take the case. The Supreme Court is not obligated to take cases. I’m not seeing anything where there was any legal basis whatsoever. And I tend to agree with Chris Christie, not only as what was going on, but these cases are now beginning to be an embarrassment, a national embarrassment for the legal profession. And they need to just stop. It just needs to stop and let this transition move forward.”
Jones said despite the highly politicized environment, he felt Biden could work with both sides of the aisle.
“I would, absolutely — I know those folks,” Jones added. “And I believe that once we can get this transition in process, and once we can get a new president in — you know, there’s going to be arguments over policy. There are going to be a lot of arguments on which way to go. But if there is anyone in this country who can find common ground with the other side, it is Joe Biden. I have known him for 40 years. And I know he can do that. And he’s going to give them a chance. And I want them to give him a chance.”
“I have talked to these folks on the other side of the aisle,” he continued. “They’re good people, Joy. They’re not — they’re not as partisan as people might believe. And the fact of the matter is, they have — they have done what they believe to be in the best interest. And we may not agree with it. We may think that they should say something sooner. But I think now, as we have seen the board of elections certify in Michigan and in Georgia, these folks are going to come out and say, OK, it’s time. We have given the chance.”
@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Alabama, the editor of Breitbart TV, a columnist for Mobile’s Lagniappe Weekly, and host of Mobile’s “The Jeff Poor Show” from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. on FM Talk 106.5.
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