Former US representative Liz Cheney urged Americans to “accept the results of our elections.”

“Our nation’s democratic system functioned last night and we have a new President-elect,” she said in a post on X. “All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections.”

“We now have a special responsibility, as citizens of the greatest nation on earth, to do everything we can to support and defend our Constitution, preserve the rule of law, and ensure that our institutions hold over these coming four years.

“Citizens across this country, our courts, members of the press and those serving in our federal, state and local governments must now be the guardrails of democracy.”