Republican Senator Refuses to Say If He’ll Accept ‘A Peaceful Transfer of Power’ If Trump Loses: ‘It’s Hard To Say’

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) dodged a question on CNN over whether he will certify the election results if Donald Trump loses the election against Kamala Harris .

The Oklahoma senator joined CNN anchor Pamela Brown for an interview on Thursday where the pair discussed the possibility of Trump losing the upcoming November election. When he was a member of the House of Representatives, Mullin was one of the GOP lawmakers who voted against certifying the election results for Biden on Jan. 6 , 2021, amid the Capitol riot.

When asked by Brown if he would accept “a peaceful transfer of power” in the event of a Trump loss, Mullin responded, “It’s hard to say”:

BROWN: Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke about the threats against the Justice Department and election officials and what they are facing going into this election. He just launched this Election Threats Task Force. Last election, you were one of the lawmakers who voted to not certify Biden’s victory. If Trump loses and every state certifies is the result of their elections, will you accept a peaceful transfer of power?

MULLIN: It’s hard to say what you’re going to do or what you’re not, because my job is to make sure that irregularities are within the standard that the federal government puts out place, which is us. What is irregularities that we’re willing to accept? If it passes irregularities in a district or a state, then absolutely not. It was within those standards that we will.

BROWN: Every state certifies the election result so they have their own processes.

MULLIN: If the elections are certified underneath the standards that they put forth, every state has the right to set…every state sets their own state election laws. But in federal government sets irregularities as to how far those can go. So is it going to be less than 1% or is that less than a half percent? Whatever those regularities are. we’ll take that case at a time.

Watch the clip above via CNN .