<p><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5fa93b371df1d5001821982c-2400/GettyImages-1228794597.jpg" border="0" alt="trump-family" data-mce-source="JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Tiffany Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. before the presidential debate last week in Cleveland, Ohio."></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>President Donald Trump's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-refusing-to-concede-to-biden-after-losing-the-election-2020-10'r=US&IR=T">refusal to accept that he lost the presidential election</a> is dividing Trumpworld figures, who have either been encouraging him to concede or disputing the results.</p><p>Soon after Business Insider and major media networks called the election for President-elect Joe Biden, Trump's campaign rushed out a statement <a href="https://twitter.com/TimMurtaugh/status/1325117675153072130/photo/1">saying that the former vice president</a> "is rushing to falsely pose as the winner" and signaled that he would attempt to challenge the results in court.</p><p>Even much of Trump's own legal team consider the attempt hopeless, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-refuses-concede-election-more-aides-back-away-from-him-2020-11'r=US&IR=T">as Business Insider's Sophia Ankel has reported</a>. Trump "is mostly alone here," <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-biden-election-results-11-06-20/h_fab2c50eacfa54148a87159e149a3dfe">one aide told CNN</a>.</p><p>Still, his campaign has continued asking for funds from supporters to finance the effort. Andmany high-profile MAGA supporters are rallying to defend him.</p><p>Here's what his inner circle and major supporters have said to him:</p><h2>Melania Trump: Concede</h2><p>The First Lady has made no public statement, but has privately told her husband to accept defeat, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/08/politics/jared-kushner-donald-trump-concession/index.html">a source familiar with the conversations told CNN</a>.</p><p>"She has offered [her opinion], as she often does," the source said.</p><h2>Ivanka Trump: Is the fight really worth it'</h2><p>Ivanka Trump has approached her father to concede but advised him to do it after the Georgia recount finished, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/trump-ivanka-jared-kushner-donald-jr-eric/index.html">CNN reported</a>.</p><p>According to the network, she feels the legal challenges will ensure election integrity, but won't change the outcomeand has asked her father to consider the business impact of his refusal.</p><h2>Jared Kushner: Both sides'</h2><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/jared-kushner-trump-election-2a077b7d-6c55-4bad-97f7-ef8e7808a635.html'utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=twitter">Axios</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/us/politics/trump-white-house-biden.html">The New York Times</a> cited sources saying Kushner has advised Trump to keep fighting.</p><p>But Campaign Senior Advisor Jason Miller disputed the reports, saying in a tweet: "Jared has advised <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" data-focusable="true">@realDonaldTrump</a> to pursue all available legal remedies to ensure accuracy."</p><p>But news outlets are reporting that Kushner largely agrees with Ivanka's assessment, and is telling Trump only to fight until the Georgia recount, rather than to the bitter end.</p><h2>Fox's Laura Ingraham: "Accept defeat"</h2><p>One of the president's staunchest cheerleaders, Fox News host Laura Ingraham, took the unusual step unaligning herself with Trump and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-laura-ingraham-advises-president-trump-to-accept-defeat-2020-11'r=US&IR=T">advising him to accept defeat</a>.</p><p>"If and when it's time to accept an unfavorable outcome in this election, and we hope it never comes, President Trump needs to do it with the same grace and composure that he demonstrated at that town hall with Savannah Guthrie," she said, in reference to his town hall event with the NBC anchor.</p><h2>Sean Hannity: Keeping hope alive</h2><p>The Fox anchor and Trump confidante has attempted to create a picture of hope for Trump.</p><p>His Twitter feed as of November 9 included <a href="https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/1325625333413015552">a Breitbart article</a> comparing the election results with the Bush v Gore contest of 2000, even though <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/06/election-2020-trump-legal-challenges-bush-gore/">legal experts have said</a> it is a poor comparison.</p><p>Hannity also tweeted <a href="https://thegreggjarrett.com/the-presidency-is-chosen-by-electors-from-all-50-states-not-news-organizations-riven-with-bias/'utm_source=socialflow">a blog post</a> by conservative political commentator Gregg Jarrett with the headline: "The presidency is chosen by electors from all 50 states, not news organizations riven with bias."</p><h2>Sen. Lindsey Graham: Fight</h2><p>The South Carolina senator has put his money where his mouth is, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-personally-donates-500000-trump-campaigns-legal-fund-1545349">telling Sean Hannity's show</a>that he had personally donated $500,000 to Trump's legal efforts.</p><p>He also <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/11/08/lindsey-graham-joe-biden-trump-concede-joe-lieberman-postelex-nr-vpx.cnn">appeared on Fox News</a>to urge him not to concede and to fight in the courts.</p><h2>Sen. Pat Toomey: Move on</h2><p>Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/toomey-congratulates-biden-on-win-after-judge-tosses-trump-lawsuit-2020-11">congratulated Biden</a> on his victory, saying Trump has "exhausted all plausible legal options."</p><p>"I congratulate President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory," Toomey said. "They are both dedicated public servants and I will be praying for them and for our country."</p><p>Trump is trying "to thwart the will of Michigan voters and select an illegitimate slate of electoral college electors," he added.</p><section data-track-content="" data-post-type="post"><p>Other Republican lawmakers, including Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, have also acknowledged Biden as the victor.</p><h2>Sen. Kevin Cramer: Keep fighting</h2><p>The North Dakota senator is keeping in tune with Trump, telling him to continuing fighting the election results.</p><p>"I don't know why we are so easily offended by a president who is carrying out all his legal options," Cramer <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1330513942809108485">said</a> on NBC's "Meet the Press."</p><p>At the same time, though, Cramer <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1330516354009591809's=20">said</a> the White House should begin the transition process.</p></section><h2>Sen. Ted Cruz: Concession 'way premature.'</h2><p>Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told Fox News that it was "way premature" for the president to concede. "At this point, we do not know who has prevailed in the election," he said, according to <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-says-trump-concession-premature-media-doesnt-decide-elections-1545848">Newsweek</a>.</p><h2>The New York Post: Give up</h2><p>The New York Post rallied hard in the president's defense during the late stages of his campaign, including running a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-post-hunter-joe-biden-giuliani-red-flags-disinformation-2020-10'r=US&IR=T">controversial and poorly sourced story</a> alleging corruption by Biden and his son in Ukraine.</p><p>But it appears the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid has accepted the reality in this case, with a full-page cover saying "It's Joe Time."</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation=""><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Actual New York Post cover tomorrow. (Also chum for the people who think Rupert isnt tossing Trump overboard) <a href="https://t.co/sw4Kb6DzMB">pic.twitter.com/sw4Kb6DzMB</a></p> Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1325268310657675265'ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>In <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/11/07/president-trump-your-legacy-is-secure-stop-the-stolen-election-rhetoric/">an editorial</a>, the Post described Trump's re-election as "near-impossible" and urged him to drop "conspiracy-addled talk of a 'stolen election'" and to concede to secure his "legacy."</p><h2>Rudy Giuliani: Fight</h2><p>The president's personal lawyer has been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/giuliani-reportedly-asked-20000-day-to-handle-trumps-legal-cases-2020-11">spearheading Trump's efforts</a> to dispute the election results.</p><p>He's alleged that there's "uniform deprivation of the right to inspect" ballots at counting stations, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giuliani-says-trump-will-not-concede-election/">CBS reported</a>. He said he has statements from several poll watchers corroborating this allegation.</p><p>He also accused the "Democratic machine" of tampering and of "[keeping] the votes of dead people secret," the network reported. He did not offer evidence.</p><p>"Obviously [Trump is] not going to concede when at least 600,000 ballots are in question," CBS reported him as saying.</p><h2>Don Jr. and Eric Trump: Come out swinging</h2><p>The president's two eldest sons, Eric and Donald, were bullish on Thursday in defense of the president, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/don-jr-eric-trump-slam-gop-silence-trump-election-2020-11'r=US&IR=T">lambasting senior Republicans on Twitter</a> for not standing up for him more vocally.</p><p>As of Monday, the pair had retweeted numerous claims of voter fraud and lack of trust in the electoral process. Twitter flagged numerous tweets, slapping on them a "disputed" information label.</p><h2>Mitch McConnell: Noncommittal</h2><p>McConnell echoed Trump's unease with the results, writing <a href="https://twitter.com/senatemajldr/status/1324697471654789120">in a tweet</a> that "Every legal vote should be counted." While not explicitly endorsing Trump's baseless allegations of fraud, that message has been repeated by many who sympathize with him.</p><p>Still, McConnell has promised there would be a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mitch-mcconnell-insists-peaceful-transfer-of-power-2020-11">peaceful transfer of power</a>.</p><h2>Kayleigh McEnany: 'NOPE!!'</h2><p>McEnany, who is unusually both a campaign advisor and White House press secretary, backed the president.</p><p>She tweeted: "Now we are expected to roll over & unite behind Joe Biden without asking questions' NOPE!!"</p><h2>Jeanine Pirro: Fight this fraud</h2><p>The Fox host <a href="https://twitter.com/JudgeJeanine/status/1324479176041287683">retweeted</a> Eric Trump's call for Republicans to "have some backbone" and "fight against this fraud."</p><p>"Time to stand up for our constitution our president and our way of life," she added.</p><h2>Newt Gingrich: Alleged an anti-Semitic conspiracy</h2><p>The former speaker of the House went on "Fox & Friends" <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1325425493324206080">to back</a> the unfounded accusations of fraud. He also alleged, also without evidence, that figures "like George Soros" were behind an attempt to steal the election.</p><p>"I think [Biden] would have to do a lot to convince Republicans that this is anything except a left-wing power grab financed by people like George Soros, deeply laid in at the local level," he said. "And, frankly, I think that it is a corrupt, stolen election."</p><p>Soros, a Jewish billionaire who finances progressive initiatives, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-did-george-soros-become-the-favorite-boogeyman-of-the-right-2017-5">is a favored target</a> among the hard right, who accuse him baselessly of piloting an attempt to control the world order.</p><h2>Gov. Larry Hogan: Biden won</h2><p>Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland asked Republican lawmakers and governors to acknowledge Biden's victory.</p><p>"More and more people, very close supporters and friends of the President are all giving him that advice. He is just not listening," Hogan said on <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/16/politics/larry-hogan-trump-republicans/index.html">CNN</a>.</p><p>"It was a pretty overwhelming victory [for Joe Biden] at this point," he added.</p><h2>Liz Cheney: The time has come to concede</h2><p>"America is governed by the rule of law," Cheney, the chair of the House Republican Conference, said in a <a href="https://cheney.house.gov/2020/11/20/cheney-america-is-governed-by-the-rule-of-law/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. "The President and his lawyers have made claims of criminality and widespread fraud, which they allege could impact election results. If they have genuine evidence of this, they are obligated to present it immediately in court and to the American people."</p><p>"If the President cannot prove these claims or demonstrate that they would change the election result, he should fulfill his oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States by respecting the sanctity of our electoral process," she added.</p><h2>Mike Pence: Four more years</h2><p>Vice President Mike Pence said the administration <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pence-trump-to-be-in-place-for-4-more-years-2020-11">plans to remain in place for another full term</a>.</p><p>Supporters on Friday began chanting "four more years" at Pence, who was delivering a speech to conservative nonprofit Council for National Policy.</p><p>"That's the plan," Pence replied to the event attendees.</p><aside></aside><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-trumps-inner-circle-says-him-conceding-or-fighting-result-2020-11#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-symphony-seas-worlds-largest-cruise-ship-deals-with-waste-2020-3">How waste is dealt with on the world's largest cruise ship</a></p>
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