A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday urged their colleagues to support the Electoral College vote, while at least a dozen Republican senators are preparing to challenge the election results on Wednesday.
GOP Sens. Susan Collins
Susan Margaret CollinsToomey, Murkowski opposes the Republican Party’s effort to challenge election results Former Republican Party senator suggests forming a new party, calls Trump the “master” of Republicans Hawley congests GOP with Electoral College fight MORE (Maine), Bill Cassidy
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Lisa Ann MurkowskiRomney: Plan to challenge the ‘blatant stratagem’ election that ‘dangerously threatens’ the country Toomey, Murkowski to oppose the Republican Party’s effort to challenge the election results 11 Senate Republicans say they will oppose the results of the Electoral College Wednesday MORE (Alaska) and Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyRomney: Plan to challenge the ‘blatant stratagem’ election that ‘dangerously threatens’ the country Toomey, Murkowski to oppose the Republican Party’s effort to challenge the election results 11 Senate Republicans say they will oppose the results of the Electoral College on Wednesday MAIS (Utah) and Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin
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Dick Durbin Georgia keeps Senate agenda in limbo Bipartisan lawmakers urge Trump to sign or immediately veto the coronavirus relief bill Biden faces fight with Congress for more coronavirus relief MORE (Ill.) And Independent Sen. Angus King
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“At this point, further attempts to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election are contrary to the clearly expressed will of the American people and only serve to undermine Americans’ confidence in the electoral results already determined,” they said.
“Voters have spoken, and Congress must now fulfill its responsibility to certify the election results. …. It’s time to move on ”, they added.
The joint declaration came a day after 11 Republican senators, led by the senator. Ted Cruz
Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzRomney: Plan to challenge the ‘blatant stratagem’ election that ‘dangerously threatens’ the country Toomey, Murkowski to oppose the Republican Party’s effort to challenge the election results Senate Democrats berate Republican Party colleagues who say they will oppose the results of the Electoral College MAIS (R-Texas), said they would support challenges to the results of the Electoral College on Wednesday, when Congress convenes a joint session to formally count the votes.
Combined with Sen. Josh Hawley
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Trump, who endorsed challenges to election results in Congress, said the election was “rigged” or that there was widespread electoral fraud. And the 11 Republican Senators, in their joint statement on Saturday, claimed that the 2020 election included “unprecedented allegations of electoral fraud.”
Dozens of attempts by the Trump legal team to challenge the results in major states have been rejected by the courts and election officials have repeatedly rejected allegations of widespread electoral fraud. So attorney general William Barr
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But if a member of the House and a member of the Senate support an objection, the two bodies suspend the counting of votes from the Electoral College, go to their respective chambers and debate the matter for up to two hours. For an objection to be successful, something that has never happened before, it would need the support of the majority of the House and Senate.
The Jan. 6 effort is guaranteed to fail, even in the Republican-controlled Senate, where several members have said they will not support efforts to challenge election results.
“I think the overwhelming weight of the evidence is that Joe Biden defeated my candidate Donald Trump and I have to live with that,” Senator. Roger Wicker
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Sen. Richard Shelby
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