Tom “Sack-o-S***” Cotton’s statement.
https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-statement-on-joint-session-of-congress-
JANUARY 03, 2021
COTTON STATEMENT ON JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430
January 3, 2021
Cotton Statement on Joint Session of Congress
Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on the joint session of Congress later this week:
“I share the concerns of many Arkansans about irregularities in the presidential election, especially in states that rushed through election-law changes to relax standards for voting-by-mail. I also share their disappointment with the election results. I therefore support a commission to study the last election and propose reforms to protect the integrity of our elections. And after Republicans win in Georgia, the Senate should also hold more hearings on these matters. All Americans deserve to have confidence in the elections that undergird our free government.
Nevertheless, the Founders entrusted our elections chiefly to the states—not Congress. They entrusted the election of our president to the people, acting through the Electoral College—not Congress. And they entrusted the adjudication of election disputes to the courts—not Congress. Under the Constitution and federal law, Congress’s power is limited to counting electoral votes submitted by the states.
If Congress purported to overturn the results of the Electoral College, it would not only exceed that power, but also establish unwise precedents. First, Congress would take away the power to choose the president from the people, which would essentially end presidential elections and place that power in the hands of whichever party controls Congress. Second, Congress would imperil the Electoral College, which gives small states like Arkansas a voice in presidential elections. Democrats could achieve their longstanding goal of eliminating the Electoral College in effect by refusing to count electoral votes in the future for a Republican president-elect. Third, Congress would take another big step toward federalizing election law, another longstanding Democratic priority that Republicans have consistently opposed.
Thus, I will not oppose the counting of certified electoral votes on January 6. I’m grateful for what the president accomplished over the past four years, which is why I campaigned vigorously for his reelection. But objecting to certified electoral votes won’t give him a second term—it will only embolden those Democrats who want to erode further our system of constitutional government.”
Another one for the list ... Rep. Brian Mast (R Fla)
https://twitter.com/RepBrianMast/status/1345770555488808961
Got to wonder what makes people like Tom Cotton tick? While the republic is burning down he wants to kick the can down the road and supports a commission to study the election.
Most of the republicans in Arkansas became GOP because they were too low on the Dem totem pole 30 years ago. After WJC left the state a vacuum opened up and GOP made some election inroads. As people through off the Dem yoke and state went majority GOP we see the real DEM roots in the GOPe types in our state in Senators Boozman and Cotton and house members like French Hill.
We are also going to have to fight off the gubernatorial bid of our Lt Gov Tim Griffin “ the Republicans and the Democrats want the same thing for America,we just disagree on how to get there”. This was stated at a Tea Party meeting when he was running for re-election to the house (he was defeated) but he’s in the GOPe club so he rode Gov Hutchinson’s coattails into the Lt Gov office.
The GOP in Arkansas is truly just a go along get along party.
Keep praying. WWG1WGA!
It appears Tom Cotton has not read the Constitution.
-SB
Blame it on a boomer headache I’ve got..but WHAT??
Did he do a flippy flop?? I’m kind of lost.
Does he not realize how angry we are?
I guess I don’t understand what he’s saying.. or I do and I don’t want to.
Petey