Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Told Fox News on Monday evening that he plans to challenge voter lists for a handful of undecided states “to raise concerns that my voters have” about the 2020 presidential election.
“I’ve been listening to people like never before in the past month about this election,” Hawley told Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum during special coverage of the Georgia Senate qualifiers. “They have great concerns about the integrity and fairness of this election. And they expect me to rise and raise those concerns. And this is the only forum I have to do so.”
Hawley added that its constituents also “want action.
“They want an investigation into these irregularities. They want new electoral laws to ensure that our elections are secure in the future,” he said. “This is my chance to get up and speak for them. And someone has to take their concerns seriously and speak up. And that’s what I’m going to do.”
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“I just want to know what you’re trying to do,” Baier told Hawley later in the segment. “Are you trying to say that, starting on January 20, President Trump will be president?”
“Well, that depends on what happens on Wednesday,” replied Hawley. “I mean, that’s why we have the debate.”
“No, it doesn’t matter,” replied Baier. “I mean, the states, by the Constitution … they certify the election. They certified it. Under the Constitution, Congress has no right to revoke certification, at least as most experts read.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Hawley reaffirmed that “this is my only opportunity during this process to raise an objection and to be heard. I have no legitimacy to file suit. I am no longer a prosecutor … I can investigate allegations of electoral fraud on my own, but I have a responsibility, in this joint session of Congress, to say ‘I have no problem with that’ or ‘I have a problem with that’. “
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“You have no responsibility to your constituents, you have no responsibility to tell them that you will not be President Trump either from January 21?” asked Baier.
“What I’m trying to do is more than just that,” replied Hawley. “I mean, it has to do with the integrity of our elections and it has to do with taking a position where you can take a position.”