Eleven Senate Republicans announced on Saturday that they will object to the results of the Electoral College on Wednesday, when Congress will meet in a joint session to formally count the votes.
GOP Sens. Ted Cruz
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John Neely KennedyMORE (Over there.), Marsha Blackburn
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“Congress must immediately appoint an Electoral Commission, with full investigative and fact-finding authority, to conduct a 10-day emergency audit of election results in disputed states,” they said. “Once completed, individual states would evaluate the Commission’s findings and could convene a special legislative session to certify a change in their vote, if necessary.
“Consequently, we intend to vote on January 6 to reject voters from disputed states as not ‘regularly given’ and ‘legally certified’ (the statutory requirement), unless and until the 10-day emergency audit is completed,” they added. they .
The group’s announcement means that at least a dozen Republican senators will object on Wednesday. GOP Sen. Josh Hawley
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Cruz, like Hawley, is considered a potential candidate for the White House in 2024.
President Trump
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The January 6 objection will not change the president-elect Joe Biden
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If an objection is supported by a member of the Chamber and a member of the Senate, the two chambers separate and debate for up to two hours. Both the House and the Senate would vote on whether the objection would be upheld, which would require a majority in both houses to be successful.
The group of 11 Republicans acknowledged on Saturday that their efforts would be insufficient.
“We are not naive. We fully expect the majority, if not all Democrats, and perhaps more than a few Republicans, to vote otherwise. But support for electoral integrity should not be a party issue,” they said. “A fair and reliable audit – conducted quickly and completed well before January 20 – would dramatically improve Americans’ faith in our electoral process and significantly increase the legitimacy of whoever becomes our next president.”