PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey wants all allegations of voter fraud in the state investigated. But, as there has been no evidence of such fraud presented, the Republican is on the fence about those claims.
On CBS' Face the Nation Sunday morning, Toomey expressed his feelings on last week's political theatre.
"Every election has some irregularities. We had some in Pennsylvania in the past, we had some in Pennsylvania this time. They should be adjudicated," he said.
"70 million Americans voted for Donald Trump, and they and the president deserve to have this process play out," he added.
Toomey would not deny President Trump's unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in the state.
"If people have seen if there is evidence of fraud or wrongdoing, by all means go into a federal court get it corrected. Punish the wrongdoers, correct the vote count and do what we need to do."
He also stands with Trump when it comes to poll watcher's rights.
"Observers in Philadelphia have not been able to get close enough to understand how that segregation has occurred," he said.
Toomey said he was open to a recount in Pennsylvania, to make sure the numbers add up. "There's nothing wrong with following the process and the law," he said.
But when everything is said and done, Toomey admitted he does not believe recounting ballots would change Pennsylvania from shifting from red to blue.
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He also indicated Trump might have been part of his own undoing.
"Personality traits and character traits of the president rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, and that was probably problematic for the president," said Toomey.
Republicans began taking legal action around the election last week. The Supreme Court has demonstrated willingness to hear arguments about late-arriving segregated ballots.
In an unprompted response to the Republican Party's filing with the high court, officials in Luzerne County, in which Trump held a 14-point lead as of Saturday, said the GOP's filing sought "an extraordinary judicial response to a problem which does not exist."
County officials also noted in their response that segregated ballots made up 0.2% of the county vote at the time of the filing and would "certainly not sway the election results in any meaningful way."
KYW Newsradio's Alex Silverman contributed to this report.