Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Declares Biden as President-Elect

During an interview on Thursday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine became one of the first high-profile Republican politicians to congratulate Joe Biden and call him “president-elect.

“I think that we need to consider the former vice president as the president-elect. Joe Biden is the president-elect,” said DeWine during the interview.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine became one of the highest-profile sitting Republicans to acknowledge Joe Biden’s victory today, going a step further than his Monday statement and calling Biden the president-elect pic.twitter.com/en14L5jfGc

— POLITICO (@politico) November 12, 2020

The governor also acknowledged that Trump and his team have every right to contest this election in court on the terms of voter fraud and election interference.

"We count the votes. We believe in the rule of law. I am for Trump, but if it ends up being Biden, all of us will accept that... Every vote has to be counted. We as a country accept election results. We believe in counting all the votes." said DeWine during a Fox News interview.

GOP OHIO GOV. MIKE DEWINE on @FoxNews: "We count the votes. We believe in the rule of law. I am for Trump, but if it ends up being Biden, all of us will accept that... Every vote has to be counted. We as a country accept election results. We believe in counting all the votes."

— Ian Sams (@IanSams) November 4, 2020

The Trump campaign has not conceded the election and is still confident that they have the votes to overtake Biden in key swing states.

Do you think it is too early to declare Joe Biden the winner of the election? Should DeWine have held off on congratulating Biden? Comment your thoughts below!