Posted on 01/02/2021 10:11:25 AM PST by TigerClaws
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."
I’m sure it’s a total coincidence the swamp Senate “conservatives” got their CYA letter together right after it leaked that 100 House members were going to protest the election. These guys are barely even faking it at this point. China Mitch always gives his mavericks room to roam. This is no different here and won’t affect the outcome. It wouldn’t be happening if it was.
Maybe that’s the case, but it hasn’t produced the result people are looking for, unless more called to tell him to remain silent.
Not as much as this American despises those back-stabbing pricks in the GOP. After this crap storm, The Republican Party is dead to me.
Your naivete is exceeded only by your abject stupidity.
Or more likely their challenges will fail to get a majority vote in either the House or the Senate and the Electoral College slate will be counted.
Notably missing is RINO-extraordinaire and Deep-Stater, John Cornholio.
I simply cannot stand that smug, statist bitch. He turns somewhat conservative 6 months or so before an election, then returns to what he really is (the Senator from Cornyn) as soon as it is over. The only reason that I voted for him is that the alternative (ANY Dem) is worse.
The POS should get a phone call from every TX FReeper on Monday...and Tuesday...and Wednesday.
Yep, good for the TN senators. Don’t know much about Hagerty but have liked Blackburn since her state senator days. I’m pleased so see that our new senator Tuberville here in AL has signed on.
The snowball is rolling down the mountain and getting bigger each day..... What I am hoping for is that more Senators will sign on to this, and the real hardcore RINO leaders, like McConnell and Graham, will not want to be put on the spot, after they already kissed Biden’s ring.....so instead, they will call up GOP legislators in GA, AZ, WI, PA...and pressure them to decertify prior to Wednesday, so that they can take the heat off themselves, once Biden no longer has 270 EVs....at that point, they can hide behind the MAGA Senators and Congressmen, and slink back to supporting Trump at the most expedient moment
Five of this and five of that does not sound productive. All paid partisans.
How about Harvard's Tribe / Dershowitz, Dominion's Cooper / Dr. Shiva, and Shiff / Giuliani.
They are be more familiar with the facts.
Or five conservatives from Fox and five lefties from CNN.
The objective is to enlighten the people. Wait and see.
The new House is sworn in tomorrow. Pelosi controls considerably fewer D's than last Congress.
Still a long shot, but the R numbers are way better as of tomorrow.
FWIW, the open primary here in South Carolina is the ONLY reason linda graham has a job for life.
From what I’ve read from multiple sources, the Turtle is happy being the majority on minority leader. He still gets his paycheck either way.
Actually, if you think about it, being minority leader is easier. Cocaine Mitch is not a leader, he’s a go alonger. History says if you’re waiting for something dynamic or earthshaking, you’re gonna be waiting a long time.
No one knows what will happen.
So what? I used to vote Democrat when I was younger.
Lankford did get pressure. Some of signed a letter promising to primary him if he didn’t.....
did you miss this???
“Braun provided a clue of the direction he would take when in his first year he joined with Sen. Chris Coons, D-DE, to form the first Senate bipartisan caucus on “finding solutions to ‘climate change.’”
and this
“I could not have been more wrong. Braun’s response to the post-George Floyd rioting was to introduce a bill named the Reforming Qualified Immunity Act. This bill would have taken aim at “qualified immunity,” which protects police from frivolous lawsuits pursued in the regular discharge of their duties.”
http://www.tribtown.com/2020/07/30/mike_braun_a_freshman_senators_leftward_lean/
Would be a shame if it blew up and melted down to a puddle of metal and plastic, just before the election, so the ballots would have to be counted by hand."
Also, "Nice doors and windows you have blocking our witnessing the stacking , verification, and count. Pardon while we hastily remodel this wall for better air circulation, and visibility/access."
Either that, or "yes sir, no sir!" and May I have another?"
So...then Pence gets to pick a veep?
Bwahahahaha!
What surprise ? Are the republicans finally taking the fraud seriously ? Guess I’m out of the loop on that one .
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