RNC’s Priebus hints at post-Election Day challenge

Published November 6, 2016 2:49pm ET



Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Sunday that the GOP would reserve the right to demand a recount of the election if it believed that was warranted.

Priebus repeatedly cited the precedent of 2000 when then-Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore refused to concede the race for weeks after Election Day while there was a recount in the key state of Florida.

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