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.”
“More political theater stunts is all it is.”
maybe but read what Ted wrote, he peaked my interest and I learned something today at the link below
This is huge. Should be in breaking news.
I tried to put it in breaking news. It didn’t work.
Apparently, FR’s breaking news is broken.
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Another Deep State investigation of itself will result in another “no reasonable prosecutor” whitewash. The Republicans had 2 years of complete control when they could have enacted protections against fraud and did nothing. Even if a Commission concluded the election was stolen a Pelosi controlled House will never pass reforms and Biden will veto even if it did.
Jan 6th IS the end.
Read that letter again, clear as day
“The January 6th vote... is the lone constitutional power remaining...”
Finally they start standing up. I have wondered what took Cruz so long.
If true, disregard my post on Cruz......I dunno how to delete my posts......heck, I don’t even know how to start one.....;)
There are indeed other Constitutional actions that the President can take after Jan 6th.
Give up all you want baclava, say ni hao (你好 ) to your masters for me. I know those people far better than you do, and I refuse to give up. I know what life is like there.
“How many more times this gonna be posted????
20????
30?????”
40- I promise
I wrote my senators and representative, all Republicans, and asked them if they were strong enough to stand up and oppose this fraudulent presidential election. If they aren’t, we need to vote them out.
It better include auditing the machines or forget it.
Cornyn is the type of person who would have surrendered the Alamo without hearing a shot.
“There are indeed other Constitutional actions that the President can take after Jan 6th.”
One that is overlooked is EO 13848
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January 6 is not an express constitutional date.
Since Trump campaign legal team and Powell have already done the footwork with evidence and affidavits, it shouldn’t take long for Cruz’s team to verify major problems.
After all, why reinvent the wheel?
That right there is funny.
Both TN Sen Blackburn and Sen elect Haggerty stand with Trump.
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