Posted on 01/03/2021 3:20:39 PM PST by KevinB
Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan slammed the plan of Republicans in Congress to reject the upcoming certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Congress is set to meet Wednesday to count the Electoral College votes and certify Biden’s win, but Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas on Saturday announced a group of 11 senators and senators-elect that will further President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the election results by rejecting Electoral College votes.
They vowed to vote against certain state electors on Wednesday unless Congress appoints an electoral commission to immediately conduct an audit of the election results.
In a statement Sunday, Hogan called the effort “a mockery of our system and who we are as Americans.”
Of the roughly 50 lawsuits the president and his allies have filed challenging the election, nearly all have been dismissed or dropped. He’s also lost twice at the U.S. Supreme Court. This group of senators has presented no new evidence of election problems.
“President Trump and his team have had every opportunity to provide evidence supporting their claims, and they have failed to do so,” Hogan said in his statement. “Their allegations have been flatly rejected by Trump-appointed judges and a Trump-appointed Justice Department alike.”
President Trump on Sunday continued to scrutinize Georgia — the site of a deciding runoff election for its two Senate seats — for its election processes, saying in a tweet Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “has no clue” about Trump’s unfounded claims of election fraud.
Raffensperger has overseen three different recounts of the vote and tasked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation with conducting an audit of the signature match system in Cobb County that determined the system was 99.9% accurate and revealed no evidence of fraud.
“All 50 states have now certified the presidential election. Governors, judges, and Secretaries of State have all done their job, regardless of the political consequences,” Hogan said.
Trump’s refusal to accept his defeat has created a split among Republicans, who are forced to make consequential choices that will have lasting effects in the post-Trump era. Cruz and Hogan represent two sides of a Republican Party forced to either back President Trump, or back away from him. Both are also considered possible Republican presidential candidates in 2024.
“Whether or not you like the result, the process worked as it always has. What’s not working is that far too many politicians in Washington seem to have forgotten the basic principle that they are beholden to the people, not the other way around,” Hogan said.
He’s going to run with Nikki Haley, that’s his plan... Make sure we squish all RINOS!
Republicans like Hogan would like to get back to talking about capital gains tax cuts and wars in the Middle East and eliminating Social Security and Medicare and accepting gay marriage and other “conservative values.”
Republican truth tellers can’t make a mockery of an election process that was already a mockery — due to fraud.
As God as my witness, I didn't know this turkey was a Republican.
slo Joe is NOT certified to anything.
January 6th is NOT ceremonial, as claimed in fake news.
January 6th is the start of a process to determine if the November 2020 election is Constitutional
Republican truth tellers can’t make a mockery of an election process that was already a mockery — due to fraud.
I think my governor will change parties before he runs forpresident
The GOP is either going to purge the swampsters and become the true nationalist conservative party, or go the way of the Whigs and be replaced by the American Party (or whatever unPC name is given to it).
The yowling of a RINO.
Sounds like we are getting close to decertifying.
Come on AZ, GA and PA.
They sound nervous.
“President Trump and his team have had every opportunity to provide evidence supporting their claims, and they have failed to do so
Untrue.
“Their allegations have been flatly rejected by Trump-appointed judges and a Trump-appointed Justice Department alike.”
Again untrue.
Goodbye republicans.
Larry Hogan makes a mockery of the GOP.
Yay, he won in Maryland. It’s really hard to win as a Republican in a blue state when you’re functionally identical to any Democrat to the right of AOC.
The Walrus is an embarrassment
We’re getting an good example of humans pretending to be Republicans. Talk about mockery. If these *sshats want to act like Dorkbama and bend over for anyone, then they should simply declare themselves as Democrats/media/H-wood idiots (all the same thing).
Hogan sounds nervous...and scared.
Goody.
>>Raffensperger has overseen three different recounts of the vote and tasked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation with conducting an audit of the signature match system in Cobb County that determined the system was 99.9% accurate and revealed no evidence of fraud.
The questionable counties are Fulton and perhaps Gwinnett.
This is like having a bank vault robbed over the weekend, and instead of looking for clues at the one robbed, you look for clues at the one across town that wasn’t robbed.
Perfect Illustration of what’s wrong with the GOP.
He and Christie should rent a canoe together.
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