NEW: Senator Tom Cotton says he will support a commission to study the 2020 election and propose reforms, but will not oppose the counting of certified electoral votes because “the Founders entrusted our elections chiefly to the states—not Congress.”

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[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

NEW: Senator Tom Cotton says he will support a commission to study the 2020 election and propose reforms, but will not oppose the counting of certified electoral votes because “the Founders entrusted our elections chiefly to the states—not Congress.”

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

SMH.

[CatOwner]

“We’ll fix it next time.” BS!

[White Lives Matter]

This is pathetic of him.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Tom just came out of the globalist closet.

[BipolarBob]

My Senator has let me down. On a positive note, we have the best Congress money can buy.

[AndyTheBear]

Our founders entrusted the selection of electors to the State Legislatures. But judges and governors took it away from the state legislature in violation of the federal constitution. So now it is a federal matter.

[philippa]

What if the House does not support a commission? Will he vote to certify anyway?

[AAABEST]

Splitting the baby... like a sniveling coward.

[TexasCruzin]

Yes, the same argument as Chip Roy except chicken Chip is opposed to the commission also.

[ClearCase_guy]

“the Founders entrusted our elections chiefly to the states—not Congress.”

There's a path for that. Each state gets exactly one vote. Go down that path. Let the states decide.

[robel]

Who better to police the next elections than the communist victors?

[BigEdLB]

There is precedent - 1872 - electors rejected over conern of fraud:

Arkansas
Arkansas voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Arkansas by a margin of 4.34%. However, due to the turbulent conditions of Reconstruction, along with various irregularities and allegations of electoral fraud, Congress rejected Arkansas's six electoral votes. Neighboring Louisiana's electoral votes were also rejected.

Louisiana
Louisiana voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Louisiana by a margin of 11.38%. However, due to the turbulent conditions of Reconstruction, along with various irregularities and allegations of electoral fraud, Congress rejected Louisiana's eight electoral votes. Neighboring Arkansas's electoral votes were also rejected.

This is from Wikipedia, so it's less than perfect, I am a presidential election nerd, so I knew about this - but this is an accurate picture as I understand it, of those two states in 1872. Electoral; votes rejected on the basis of a concern of fraud.

Sen Cotton, I am VERY disappointed in you... especially since the precedent for rejecting for reasons of fraud happened in YOUR STATE.

[EinNYC]

What a total jerk and chicken!!

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Wow.

[BigEdLB]

Especially interesting since Republicans had huge majorities in both houses of congress

[faithhopecharity]

Bullbleep! Our founders entrusted elections to the states and the electoral college and congress ( and probably the courts too) They wanted to make SURE that elections were kept honest. It’s congress’s turn to do this for us now

[Lurkinanloomin]

Maybe they are still ticked off about that in AR.

[Bayard]

These people dont fear God or man, they fear their own bottom line only.

No one has tought them to fear the American people.

[wiseprince]

I wonder if the constitution thought of changing the rules to favor one candidate over another in the last 6 months...oh well I guess that’s what legislatures do...oh wait, it was done by unconstitutional bureaucrats. No time for more phony excuses. Now or never

[Paladin2]

VERY weak, Cotton is.