Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., told Newsmax on Monday that Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., “had an impossible hill to climb” during the recount of the state’s recent Senate election.

Casey conceded the race to GOP challenger Dave McCormick last week while the recount, which was automatically triggered due to the close vote, was ongoing. McCormick was ahead of Casey by roughly 17,000 votes in the initial count, inside the 0.5% margin for a recount. When Casey conceded, McCormick was ahead in the recount by about 16,000 votes.

Meuser said on “Wake Up America” that Republicans in the state are “certainly glad that” McCormick’s victory “is now quite definitive,” thanks to the recount.

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