Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said on Sunday that the Supreme Court is a “better forum” than Congress for examining electoral fraud issues.
“I wish the court had tried one or both of these cases,” Cruz told Sunday Morning Futures presenter Maria Bartiromo. “I think the Supreme Court would be a better forum for resolving these issues. Obviously, it was the forum that resolved the issues in a similar way in 2000 in the Bush v. Gore case.”
HAWLEY SAYS IT WILL OBJECT TO THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTORAL FACULTY OF BIDEN’S VICTORY IN JAN. 6
A group of senators from the Republican Party led by Cruz will object to certifying the results of the presidential election on January 6 next week, unless there is a 10-day emergency audit of the results by an election commission.
“Electoral fraud represents a persistent challenge in our elections, although its breadth and scope are contested,” lawmakers said in a statement on Saturday. “By any measure, allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 elections exceed any in our lives.”
Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, on Monday, October 26, 2020. Photographer: Graeme Jennings / Washington Examiner / Bloomberg via Getty Images
However, there is a lack of evidence of any widespread electoral fraud that could have changed the outcome of the election. Former Attorney General William Barr said that was the case weeks after the election, and election officials in contested states – both Democratic and Republican – vehemently defended the integrity of the results in favor of President-elect Joe Biden.
As for the Cruz electoral commission proposal, he said there are precedents for such a move in the 1876 election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden.
“[Congress] they didn’t raise their hands and say, ‘Well, man, we have allegations of fraud, but we can’t do anything about it, we just have to certify.’ No, they didn’t do that, “he said on Sunday.
“What they did, instead, was to appoint a commission, called an electoral commission, made up of five deputies, five senators, five Supreme Court justices. They considered the evidence, examined the ballots and made a determination based on what disputed votes and what the results should be. “
GOP SENATORS, DRIVEN BY THE CROSS, TO OBJECT TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CERTIFICATION, REQUIRE EMERGENCY AUDIT
Cruz also criticized the Democrats, accusing him of treason during the move.
“This is already a volatile situation,” he said. “Yesterday, when I released my statement with 10 other senators, I had several, several Democrats asking me to be arrested and tried for crimes of sedition and betrayal. It doesn’t help at a time when … we are pitted against each other. Just relax and let’s do our job.
Joining the Cross are Sens. 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.; as well as Sens.-elect Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo .; Roger Marshall, R-Kansas; Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn. And Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.
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Their effort is separate from that announced by Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Who said this week that he will object to what he says is the failure of some states – mainly Pennsylvania – to follow their own electoral laws.
Adam Shaw, Paul Steinhauser, Jason Donner, Marisa Schultz and Tyler Olson of Fox News contributed to this report.