Posted on 01/02/2021 11:23:30 AM PST by datura
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.
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: lauren_bianchi@cruz.senate.gov January 2, 2021
Joint Statement from Senators Cruz, Johnson, Lankford, Daines, Kennedy, Blackburn, Braun, Senators-Elect Lummis, Marshall, Hagerty, Tuberville
WASHINGTON, 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.”
Is this going to be like the Warren Commission?
All states that used Dominion machines need to be voided. Send it to the House.
Mixed feelings on this. (1) Better late than never. BUT (2) Yeah, why did Cruz wait so long? I hate to be cynical, but I just kinda wonder if, at this point, it’s less about actually affecting the ‘20 outcome and more about Cruz posturing as having been on the right side... in anticipation of mounting another run of his own in ‘24.
Sounds to me like a power play tying it into the $2k checks
“...why did Cruz wait so long...”
Maybe because he is a coward and despite his supposed red, white and blue stripes, he is more concerned about his Senate seat until he got the low-down on verifiable truth from Trump. Now he’s onboard.
The dude is a douche and a turd.
Where are the two Georgia senators? I don’t see their names on this letter.
I think that they waited so long because they thought that the voters would move on.
When it finally became clear that we are not going to roll over this time, that we will not give up, that we will not give in, that we continue to pressure them to do their duty, they decided to stand up.
I think it took pressure from thousands of constituents to continue to push that made them decide that they could not sit this one out.
But a real audit, not just counting the fake ballots they generated and saying, ‘Yup, the counts match’, like they did in GA.
Have Pulitzer and a number of known election auditing companies do a full forensic audit. And publicly report the results.
All Dominion system votes should be thrown in the toilet.
Get rid of the battleground state steals. Go back to the State Legislators to pick the President.
I think it took pressure from thousands of constituents to continue to push that made them decide that they could not sit this one out.
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Yes, and just imagine what might happen if we put 1,700,000 people into DC on 1/6/21 (as the Tea Party did in 9/09) to protest the frightful attempt by the DemonShits to steal this election. Sometimes mass demonstrations like this do work, as they did when our Great Marsha Blackburn led the effort to stop a TN state income tax.
...after the 10th time this has been posted...the Senate can object all it wants, it wont change the Jan 6 EC votes, those have been cast and certified. Period, end of story.
Both Houses of Congress must agree to any challenges or disputes and the Dems OWN The House, debate away, its not changing anything.
More political theater stunts is all it is.
How many more times this gonna be posted????
20????
30?????
Get the evidence into public view - the 6th isn’t the end - prepare for stronger action prior to the 20th. (Not involving courts.)
He had to wait til the long holiday when nobody was paying attention was over.
Cruz was probably considering the law and precedent and helping whip support.
What so long for what? Has anyone proposed this solution before now? Until now we thought there might be one senator elect and one senator willing to object.
Cruz should consider a run in 2024.
This is huge. Should be in breaking news.
He may be both, however,I would certainly take the time to thank him for objecting to this charade, regardless of his motivations or chickenshittedness.
There’s some debate, I don’t know which is accurate because I haven’t looked at this history but I don’t know of the House votes on rejection by state delegation or as a body. If it’s the whole House, it won’t change any outcome but it puts things in the record and it becomes history not so easily ignored.
I don’t care if this is to pressure on the $2000 checks, actually about the election integrity or posturing for 2024. It can be all of these things.
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