Senator Ben Sasse, R-Neb., Attacked Republicans who plan to contest during the Electoral College’s vote certification next week, saying his party’s willingness to accept President Donald Trump’s unfounded allegations of electoral fraud in his election year was fueled by concerns about how the president and his base would react.
“The president and his allies are playing with fire,” said Sasse in a lengthy Facebook post on Wednesday night. “If you make big claims, you better have the evidence. But the president doesn’t have it, and neither do the institutional arsonists in Congress who oppose the Electoral College vote.”
Earlier on Wednesday, Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Announced that he would oppose certification of the results of the Electoral College of some states on January 6, a move that will force his Republican colleagues to vote to reject the false allegations. Trump of fraud or disenfranchisement of millions of voters.
“Let’s make it clear what’s going on here: we have a lot of ambitious politicians who think there’s a quick way to get in touch with the president’s populist base without doing any real damage in the long run. But they are wrong – and that problem is greater than anyone’s personal ambitions, “wrote Sasse. “Adults do not point a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-government.”
Sasse, a frequent critic of Trump, said that privately, few Republicans really believed the president’s baseless allegations of electoral fraud.
“When we speak privately, I didn’t hear a single Republican in Congress claim that the election results were fraudulent – none. Instead, I hear them talk about their concerns about how they will ‘look’ at President Trump’s most fervent supporters. , “Sasse wrote.
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Asked in particular Republican senators not to challenge the Electoral College vote because it could put some vulnerable Republicans in conflict with Trump’s fervent supporters.
Any objection to the vote of the Electoral College by Republican senators is unlikely to get anywhere, since the majority in each chamber must vote to agree with the objection for a state’s presidential vote to be rejected.
