Republicans cast doubt on whether Biden can win legitimately in 2024

A number of the Republican presidential candidates are refusing to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election if President Joe Biden wins.

NBC News and The Des Moines Register sat down with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and businessman Vivek Ramaswamythis week in Iowa and asked all three of them if they would accept a Biden victory in November.

In particular, DeSantis’ and Ramaswamy’s reluctance to readily accept the possibility that Biden could achieve a legitimate victory reflects the continuing hold on the GOP of former President Donald Trump’s unfounded belief that the 2020 election was stolen from him — three years after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to stop Congress from certifying Biden’s win.

Even Republicans who don’t accept Trump’s belief that he won in 2020 recognize that many voters in the party don’t fully trust the system any longer.