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Texas Republican Congressman Chip Roy, opposed to sitting 67 elected members of the House of States on the battlefield today, in response to his colleagues who plan to oppose certification of the results of the presidential election.
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Roy said he “would confuse basic human reason if the presidential results faced objections while Congressional results from the same process eluded without public scrutiny.”
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At least 140 House Republicans are planning to vote against certifying the results of the presidential election on Wednesday, although the effort cannot affect the results of the vote in any US state.
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Roy is among a group of seven House Republicans who said they did not support the effort to vote against the Electoral College’s vote certification.
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Texas Republican Congressman Chip Roy, opposed to sitting 67 elected members of the House of States on the battlefield today, in response to his colleagues who plan to oppose certification of the results of the presidential election.
Roy, who does not support the objection to presidential results, said in a declaration that “it would confuse basic human reason if the presidential results faced objections while the results of Congress of the same process eluded without public scrutiny”.
He opposed setting up representatives from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, citing his colleagues who said they would object to presidential voters in those states based on the fact that their elections were subject to “systemic fraud across the state. and Abuse. “
President Donald Trump and his allies have spread allegations of fraud since the election, but none have sustained themselves in court and the Justice Department said it found no evidence of fraud affecting the outcome.
Roy argued that if these allegations raise significant doubts about the presidential election, they should also question parliamentary disputes, as they all took place under the same electoral systems.
His objections did not block the seat of members of the Chamber, since the 117th Congress was installed on Sunday.
President-elect Joe Biden won the election by receiving 306 electoral votes compared to Trump’s 232.. The results were certified in every state, and presidential voters cast their votes last month.
Voters’ votes are to be certified Wednesday during a joint procedural session of Congress, confirming the winner that voters and the Electoral College have already chosen.
But at least 140 House Republicans are planning to vote against certifying the results of the presidential election on Wednesday, due to unfounded fraud allegations.
His objections could delay the election’s certification, but would not alter the voting results of any US state.
Roy is among a group of seven House Republicans who said they did not support the effort to vote against the Electoral College’s vote certification.
In a statement on Sunday, the group, led by Representative Ken Buck of Colorado, said it believed there were “deep issues” regarding the integrity of the election, but that “only states have the authority to nominate voters”.
“Congress has only a narrow role in the presidential election process,” said the statement. “Its function is to count the voters presented by the states, not to determine which voters the states should have sent.”
In his statement on the objection to the settlement of members of the House, Roy said that if Congress will “properly address” concerns about the presidential election, then it must be consistent in doing so.
“Anything less would take the current efforts out of their legitimacy and make it look like a political coup, rather than a bona fide effort to restore confidence in our electoral process,” he said.
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