Former speaker Paul Ryan
Paul Davis RyanTrump’s political future depends on whether he can change McCarthy woos Freedom Caucus with an eye on the Speakership American Greatness editor on how Trump’s abandonment of populism affected the 2020 elections MORE (R-Wis.) On Sunday he criticized Congressional Republicans’ efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 elections.
“Efforts to reject the votes of the Electoral College and sow doubts about Joe Biden
Joe BidenAppeals court rejects Gohmert’s electoral lawsuit against Pence Romney: Plan to challenge the ‘blatant ploy’ election that ‘dangerously threatens’ the Pence country’ welcomes’ lawmakers’ efforts to ‘raise objections’ to the results of the Electoral CollegeThe group’s victory reached the foundation of our republic. It is difficult to conceive of a more anti-democratic and anti-conservative act than a federal intervention to overturn the results of state-certified elections and deprive millions of Americans, ”said Ryan in a statement.
“The Trump campaign had ample opportunity to challenge the election results, and these efforts failed due to lack of evidence,” continues the statement. “The judicial process was exhausted and the results were confirmed in a decisive way. The Justice Department also found no basis for overturning the result. If states want to reform their processes for future elections, that is their prerogative. But Joe Biden’s victory is entirely legitimate. “
The Trump campaign and its allies attempted numerous legal challenges to the election results, all without success in undoing President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, including two lawsuits rejected by the Supreme Court.
Ryan, who was a spokesman for the first two years of Trump’s term, has largely avoided weighing in on current events since leaving office, but previously asked the president to accept the election results in late November for a period in which the General Service Administration refused to approve the transition.
“I think perhaps even more important is that these legal challenges to the outcome and the attacks on our voting system really need to stop, in my opinion,” said Ryan at a Bank of America virtual conference. “The result will not be changed and will only serve to undermine our faith in our system of government, our faith in our democracy.”
Sen. 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 (R-Utah), who named Ryan his running mate in the 2012 presidential election, also criticized the efforts of 12 Republican senators and more than 100 House Republicans to overturn the result.
The Utah Republican joined a bipartisan group of 10 senators in declaring that “the election is over”.
“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 in a statement statement.