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Two Senate allies of President Donald Trump on Thursday went all-out in supporting the chief executive’s legal fight to challenge vote counts in closely-contested states in the U.S. elections.

Senators Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz raised warning that the Republican Party may reject the legitimacy of vote results if they turn against Trump, who is in a neck-and-neck battle with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

When asked about the controversial proposal, which has been floated by former White House executives in the past days, Graham, who is Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday that “everything should be on the table.”

State legislatures, under the United States Constitution, have the power to appoint electors to the electoral college. Republican legislators currently control North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

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He also took a swipe at the mainstream media, calling their polling “incompetent."

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Senator Cruz, on the other hand, said the Department of Justice, state legislatures and even the Supreme Court could get involved in the election if voting laws are not followed.

Cruz also backed President Trump’s claim that election observers in Philadelphia are being denied access to observe the counting of ballots.

"I am angry. The American people are right to be angry. We need observers," he tweeted.

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The Trump campaign earlier won a legal case in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after a Commonwealth Court judge ordered that all candidates, their representatives, and poll watchers must be allowed to observe the ballot counting process within a distance of six feet.

President Trump called the Commonwealth Court’s decision a “big legal win” in Pennsylvania, a critical battleground state with 20 Electoral College votes.

The Trump campaign has also requested a recount in Wisconsin and may also wish to have one in other battleground states.

Michigan and Wisconsin have been called for Joe Biden with the possibility of Arizona and Nevada also swinging in favor of the Democrat’s. Trump’s campaign has already filed lawsuits in a handful of swing states over allegations that observers were barred from observing ballots.

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