NEW: Governor Bill Lee squarely behind President Trump’s recall and lawsuit efforts

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee did not extend congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden during remarks to the media on Monday in Nashville.

Instead, the governor placed his support squarely behind President Donald Trump who easily captured the Volunteer State during last week’s election.

“What I think is we have a process in this country for elections and we need to see that process to the end and that process includes recounts, it can include legal challenges and the president certainly has every right to pursue that process to the end and should,” Lee said.

Lee also said he hopes the legal challenge and recount removes and deters any illegal activity during elections.

“We certainly know that if the roles were reversed the Democrats would be doing the same thing. We’ve seen this before in elections in our history. We need to make sure that we follow that process,” said Lee.

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