Ten US Senators are discussing plans to
join Senator Josh Hawley in objecting to the 2020 fraudulent
election results.
According to Jack Posobiec they are upset with
Mitch McConnell’s ABSOLUTE failure to follow President Trump’s
lead and issue $2,000 checks to the American people.
— Catturd
(@catturd2) January
2, 2021
Seven GOP senators signed the letter and FOUR GOP
Senators-elect signed on!
- Ted Cruz (R-Texas),
- Ron Johnson (R-Wis.),
- James Lankford (R-Okla.),
- Steve Daines (R-Mont.),
- John Kennedy (R-La.),
- Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.),
- Mike Braun (R-Ind.)
Four Senators-Elect signed on:
- Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.)
- Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)
- Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)
Here is the joint statement released on
Saturday.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lauren Bianchi:
[email protected]
January 2, 2021Joint Statement from Senators Cruz, Johnson, Lankford,
Daines, Kennedy, Blackburn, Braun, Senators-Elect Lummis, Marshall,
Hagerty, TubervilleWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), 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.), and Senators-Elect Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger
Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville
(R-Ala.) issued the following statement in advance of the Electoral
College certification process on January 6, 2021:“America is a Republic whose leaders are chosen in democratic
elections. Those elections, in turn, must comply with the
Constitution and with federal and state law.“When the voters fairly decide an election, pursuant to the
rule of law, the losing candidate should acknowledge and respect
the legitimacy of that election. And, if the voters choose to elect
a new office-holder, our Nation should have a peaceful transfer of
power.“The election of 2020, like the election of 2016, was
hard fought and, in many swing states, narrowly decided. The 2020
election, however, featured unprecedented allegations of voter
fraud, violations and lax enforcement of election law, and other
voting irregularities.“Voter fraud has posed a persistent challenge in our
elections, although its breadth and scope are disputed. By any
measure, the allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020
election exceed any in our lifetimes.“And those allegations are not believed just by one
individual candidate. Instead, they are widespread.Reuters/Ipsos polling
, tragically, shows that 39% of Americans believe ‘the
election was rigged.’ That belief is held by Republicans (67%),
Democrats (17%), and Independents (31%).“Some Members of Congress disagree with that assessment, as do
many members of the media.“But, whether or not our elected officials or journalists
believe it, that deep distrust of our democratic processes will not
magically disappear. It should concern us all. And it poses an
ongoing threat to the legitimacy of any subsequent
administrations.“Ideally, the courts would have heard evidence and resolved
these claims of serious election fraud. Twice, the Supreme Court
had the opportunity to do so; twice, the Court declined.“On January 6, it is incumbent on Congress to vote on whether
to certify the 2020 election results. That vote is the lone
constitutional power remaining to consider and force resolution of
the multiple allegations of serious voter fraud.“At that quadrennial joint session, there is long precedent of
Democratic Members of Congress raising objections to presidential
election results, as they did in 1969, 2001, 2005, and 2017. And,
in both 1969 and 2005, a Democratic Senator joined with a
Democratic House Member in forcing votes in both houses on whether
to accept the presidential electors being challenged.“The most direct precedent on this question arose in 1877,
following serious allegations of fraud and illegal conduct in the
Hayes-Tilden presidential race. Specifically, the elections in
three states—Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina—were
alleged to have been conducted illegally.“In 1877, Congress did not ignore those allegations,
nor did the media simply dismiss those raising them as radicals
trying to undermine democracy. Instead, Congress appointed an
Electoral Commission—consisting of five Senators, five House
Members, and five Supreme Court Justices—to consider and resolve
the disputed returns.“We should follow that precedent. To wit, Congress
should immediately appoint an Electoral Commission, with full
investigatory and fact-finding authority, to conduct an emergency
10-day audit of the election returns in the disputed
states. Once completed, individual states would evaluate
the Commission’s findings and could convene a special legislative
session to certify a change in their vote, if needed.“Accordingly, we intend to vote on January 6 to reject
the electors from disputed states as not ‘regularly given’ and
‘lawfully certified’ (the statutory requisite), unless and
until that emergency 10-day audit is completed.“We are not naïve. We fully expect most if not all Democrats,
and perhaps more than a few Republicans, to vote otherwise. But
support of election integrity should not be a partisan issue. A
fair and credible audit—conducted expeditiously and completed
well before January 20—would dramatically improve Americans’
faith in our electoral process and would significantly enhance the
legitimacy of whoever becomes our next President. We owe that to
the People.“These are matters worthy of the Congress, and entrusted to us
to defend. We do not take this action lightly. We are acting not to
thwart the democratic process, but rather to protect it. And every
one of us should act together to ensure that the election was
lawfully conducted under the Constitution and to do everything we
can to restore faith in our Democracy.”###
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