Posted on 01/02/2021 10:10:15 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is leading a coalition of Republican senators who plan to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential results. The group is calling for a "10-day audit" of the results after "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," the coalition said in a statement.
Those allegations have cast a doubt on whether or not former Vice President Joe Biden is indeed the winner of the election. In fact, a joint poll between Reuters and Ipsos found that 39 percent of Americans believe "the election was rigged." Of those, 67 percent of Republicans shared that belief, compared to 17 percent of Democrats and 31 percent of Independents.
“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," the group explained.
The coalition believe the courts, specifically the United States Supreme Court, should have addressed the issues of voter and election fraud.
“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," the said.
Because Congress has the constitutional power to decide whether or not to certify the election results, the coalition believes Jan. 6 will be the time to "consider and force resolution of the multiple allegations of serious voter fraud."
Although Democrats have repeatedly shot down accusations of voter fraud, there have been numerous instances where Democrats objected to the results of a presidential election. They did it in 1969 with Richard Nixon, again in 2001 and 2005 with George W. Bush and in 2017 with Donald Trump. In 1969 and 2005 a Democrat from both chambers of Congress forced a vote on whether to accept the Electoral College votes that were being challenged.
The senators want to follow the precedent established in 1877 when an Electoral Commission was established to address allegations of voter fraud.
“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," the coalition explains. “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."
The coalition calls on their colleagues to establish 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."
All 11 of the senators will vote not to certify the election on Jan. 6 "unless and until that emergency 10-day audit is completed."
They did, however, make clear that they expect the challenge to take place on a partisan basis, even though election integrity is not a partisan issue.
“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," the coalition explained. "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," the senator said.
The group joining Cruz includes Ron Johnson (WI), James Lankford (OK), Steve Daines (MT), John Kennedy (LA), Marsha Blackburn (TN), and Mike Braun (IN), and Senators-Elect Cynthia Lummis (WY.), Roger Marshall (KS), Bill Hagerty (TN), and Tommy Tuberville (AL).
If he and his wife did neither, would you not accept his efforts in opposition to certification?
I support Cruz and am happy he’s doing the right thing.
At some point, maybe this year or next I would like to see Ted’s Mea Culpa along the same lines of Glen Beck’s. Ted lost trust in 2016, but he can get it back. It’s not that hard.
Sheesh...I thought I was off to bed. One last check at thedonald.win and I found this and the comments fascinating. Lots going on right now...
from comments in this...
https://thedonald.win/p/11ROGmkilH/treehouse-on-cruz-and-company-st/c/
Thanks to all posters on this thread.
Aha, this alleged stuff about Cruz sounded very familiar. Someone at the good old treehouse is spewing anti-Cruz again. Will someone be good enough to tell them that 2016 happened four years ago, and that Cruz has been supporting Our President all this time.
What is the point in generating bad blood NOW?
Because he’s in the news as a showboat among at least a dozen joining a noble, righteous effort led by Josh Hawley.
Thank you Ted for doing the right thing. Give Josh credit.
And Ted, do plan a video of a Mea Culpa a la Glenn Beck which Glen did recently. Then we know you possess humility.
Because otherwise Ted is all about Ted.
Ted Cruz had every right to run in the primaries for President and his supporters had every right to support him. He has nothing to apologize for. Cruz and Trump are at peace with each other, and I’m fine with that.
I was one of the very first on FR to speak highly of Ted Cruz. I was one of his strongest supporters going all the way back to when he was first elected to the Senate.
I guarantee you I know much more about Ted Cruz than you will ever know.
All he has to do to regain trust is confess his lies and schemes against Donald Trump. His candidacy wasn’t about who would be the better leader for Americans. It was about attacking the character of Donald Trump. Even after Trump became the nominee, Cruz attempted to organize a GOP resistance to Trump on the convention floor. He was a snake and a backstabber. He lost massive support from conservatives. He barely won reelection as Senator against Beth O’Rourke who should have been defeated in a landslide.
Since then, he has shown support for the President only because the President is highly popular among Texans. He has never apologized.
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