Repelected on Trump’s Electoral College Challenge: ‘There’s no doubt in my mind I think he won’

Representative-elect Burgess Owens (R-Utah) has expressed support for challenging the electoral college vote that certified the president-elect Joe bidenJoe BidenBidens pays tribute to frontline workers in New York: ‘We owe them, we owe them, we owe them’ Trump hotel in DC raises room rates for Biden inauguration Video shows long queues on the last day of early voting in Georgia PLUSvictory, saying on Thursday that there is “no doubt” that President TrumpDonald Trump’s Trump Hotel in DC raises room rates for Biden’s inauguration GOP lawmaker criticizes Trump and colleagues for ‘trying to discredit’ the election Video shows long lines on the last day of the early voting in Georgia PLUS won re-election.

Owens, who was endorsed by Trump, said Salt Lake City Tribune in an interview he “absolutely” believes Trump has won the presidential election, although Biden has been widely recognized as the president-elect since November.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that I think he won,” he said.

The comments from Utah’s new representative come as Congress is due to certify the election results on Wednesday, a move several lawmakers plan to block in a long-drawn-out effort to overturn the election.

Owens, a former NFL player, compared the fight to his football background, saying he planned to “leave it all on the pitch” for the president.

“In 10 years in the NFL, I’ve played in a lot of losing games,” he said. “If you leave everything on the pitch and have done all you can and there’s nothing left, then it’s a winning game regardless of the score.”

Utah’s elected official called for joining the effort to challenge the Electoral College vote “the right thing to do” because “more than seventy percent of Tories say the” election “is not fair, ”according to the Tribune.

In his interview, Owens cited a theory that 42,000 votes were counted twice in Nevada, which state officials denied. He also said after living in Pennsylvania for over two decades: “I know how the Democratic Party did things. [there], and that was not fair.

Owens predicted that the public will have “a chance [to] hearing things some people have never heard before ”without specifying what information would be shared.

“My goal is basically to make sure I’m doing everything I can to carry this for whatever legal purposes we have,” he told the newspaper. “And once the official tally is over, we will respect the president. Is.”

Owens joined more than 30 House officials and more than 10 new representatives who said they plan to challenge the Electoral College vote. The first GOP senator, Sen. Josh hawleyJoshua (Josh) David Hawley GOP lawmaker criticizes Trump and his colleagues for ‘trying to discredit’ Pence’s role in the election Pence’s role is limited in electoral vote count Hawley blocks GOP with election fight of the Electoral College MORE (R-Mo.), Vowed to challenge the vote this week.

Republicans are hoping that the House and Senate vote to support objections to some state counts could change the election results, but that move seems unlikely as Democrats control the House and some Senate Republicans have objected to it. this plan.