11 Senate Republicans say they oppose electoral college results on Wednesday

Eleven Senate Republicans said on Saturday they would oppose the Electoral College’s results on Wednesday, when Congress meets in joint session to officially count the votes.

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“Congress should immediately appoint an electoral commission, with full investigative and investigative authority, to conduct a 10-day emergency audit of election results in the contested states,” they said. “Once completed, individual states would assess the findings of the Commission and could call a special legislative session to certify a change in their vote, if necessary.

“Accordingly, we intend to vote on January 6 to reject voters from contested states as not being” properly donated “and” legally certified “(the legal requirement), unless and until that this 10-day emergency audit is over, ”they added. .

The group’s announcement means at least a dozen GOP senators will oppose it on Wednesday. GOP Sen. Josh hawleyJoshua (Josh) David Hawley Former GOP senator suggests forming new party, calls Trump Republicans ‘track master’ Georgia keeps Senate agenda in limbo Frustrations erupt as 000 checks blocked for the fourth consecutive day PLUS (Mo.) was the first senator to announce he would join a group of House conservatives to force a debate and vote on the electoral college results.

Cruz, like Hawley, is considered a potential candidate for the White House for 2024.

President TrumpDonald Trump Trump calls Georgia Senate second round ‘both illegal and invalid’ in New Year’s tweets Judge dismisses Gohmert’s election lawsuit against Pence Former GOP senator suggests forming new party and calls Trump the Republicans’ “ master of the track ” MORE, who endorsed efforts to challenge the results of the congressional election, claimed the election was “rigged” or that there had been widespread electoral fraud, a claim that has been dismissed in dozens of cases judicial and electoral experts.

January 6 objection won’t change president-elect Joe bidenJoe BidenTrump calls Georgia Senate runoff ‘both illegal and invalid’ in New Years tweets Judge dismisses Gohmert’s election lawsuit against Pence Former GOP senator suggests forming new party and calls Trump the ‘master of Republicans’It’s victory, but it puts GOP incumbents for re-election in 2022 in a political stalemate as they will have to choose between supporting allegations of fraud, which many have spoken against, or voting. against the president and potentially fuel a primary. challenge.

If an objection has the support of a member of the House and a member of the Senate, the two chambers separate and debate it for a maximum of two hours. The House and Senate would then vote on whether to uphold the objection, which would require a majority in both chambers to succeed.

The group of 11 Republicans admitted on Saturday that their efforts would eventually fail.

“We are not naive. We expect most if not all Democrats, and perhaps more than a few Republicans, to vote otherwise. But supporting electoral integrity should not be a partisan issue,” he said. they declared. “A fair and credible audit – conducted swiftly and completed well before January 20 – would dramatically improve American confidence in our electoral process and greatly enhance the legitimacy of who will become our next president.”