GOP Senators Sign Onto Hawley's Effort to Subvert Democracy

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A number of Republican congressional elected officials announced their intent to vote against certifying the results of the Electoral College on January 6th. While this will not change the results of the election, it will lengthen the process of certifying them.

The group of Republicans who released a joint statement Saturday includes Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Senators-elect Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.).

“We intend to vote on January 6 to reject the electors from disputed states as not ‘regularly given’ and ‘lawfully certified’ (the statutory requisite), unless and until that emergency 10-day audit is completed,” they wrote. “Accordingly, we intend to vote on January 6 to reject the electors from disputed states as not ‘regularly given’ and ‘lawfully certified’ (the statutory requisite), unless and until that emergency 10-day audit is completed.”

As has been the case since November, these politicians offered zero evidence of said fraud in their statement. (Probably because there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud to be found.) Nor did they even name which states had the purported fraud. Nevertheless, they are asking for Congress to appoint an electoral commission “with full investigatory and fact-finding authority, to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns in the disputed state.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-senators-sign-onto-hawleys-effort-to-subvert-democracy/ar-BB1cqkqX?li=BBnb7Kz

[Thekaspervote]

1. They have the constitutional right to object..not defending them, but it's legal

[still_one]

7. They are not just objecting, they are proposing to overturn Biden's election victory based on a lie,

that they know is a lie

These nazis have one purpose, and that is to cast doubt on the legitimacy of a President Biden/VP Harris, by "trying" to overturn the will of the people

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. No other word for it. Political sedition.

The fist real insurrection since the Civil War.

But know this is a rural vs. urban construct......it is not regional.

[raccoon]

10. I wish it was regional. It would be simpler. Nt

[Iliyah]

3. Guess what their ammunition evidence is . . .

"their constituents believe it was stolen"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Interesting that only one of them (Johnson) is from a swing state.

[zstat]

5. Time for some jujitsu. Can any congressman or senator sign on to question Kentucky, SC, FL?

Yes I know this is about the president-elect, but hear me out. This may not be so dumb of an idea.

Since a person from Missouri can question the vote in Pennsylvania, and scare the heck out of those uninformed in amerika, can a person from a blue state like NY or CA sign on with others to question the vote in Kentucky, Maine, SC, FL? Just the idea of looking into the presidential vote tally in Kentucky would spill over into raising more questions about the senator race votes.

Once you open the can, all of the worms may be visible.

I am of the belief that the repugs rarely want to play ball in a game of two when there are two parties involve.

Do unto others as they do to you.

[The Blue Flower]

6. There's no reason to expect they'll accept their own audit, either

They want one outcome only. Even if they get the audit they want, it will be a waster of time.

[still_one]

8. Fortunately they won't get that far. There are enough republicans in the Senate who will vote this

down with the Democrats, and make them look like the jackasses they are

[badboy67]

9. They must be punished.