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."
here is some interesting info about Braun
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A wealthy Indiana Senate candidate who bills himself in television ads as a conservative Republican voted for more than a decade in the state’s Democratic primaries, according to public documents obtained by The Associated Press.
“An objection to a state’s electoral vote must be approved by both houses in order for any contested votes to be excluded.”
House will not vote to uphold an objection.
Sorry, Ted, but the Democrat Party Cabal (including CCP leaders, fake-news MSM, all RINOs, Big Tech/social media companies, George Soros, etc.) could not care less about "democratic elections," "complying ... with federal and state law," or "complying with the Constitution."
The Democrat Party Cabal (DPC) couldn't care less about American law. In fact, the DPC (including all RINOs) wants to see the end of a sovereign U.S. Instead, the DPC desperately desires the Bush family goal of a "New World Order," the WEF-recommended "Great Reset," leading to full-on Marxism/Communism, then onto George Soros's nightmare vision of one borderless, "Open Society" global government presumably led by Soros himself, one of his sons, or some other Soros Stoolpidgeon.
“Congress should immediately appoint an Electoral Commission, with full investigatory and fact-finding authority,”
Congress chooses? I don’t like the sound of that. It would be McConnell and Pelosi driving this train.
Would the Commission be comprised of House and Senate members, regular citizens, or a mix?
I agree with you, billyboy15, but that is not what I was talking about.
If we do not stop them - if they are allowed to get away with the theft of this election that was so transparent to everyone in the world, they will no longer have any need for campaign cash. They will know that they have the green light to rig elections.
Sending money to any candidate will not matter. They can just rig the election to whoever they want. That is only if they are allowed to get away with it. That is why we must stop it. We can not let up on the pressure to our senators.
in the case of Braun...probably. someone who knows him
http://www.tribtown.com/2020/07/30/mike_braun_a_freshman_senators_leftward_lean/
“I am SO PROUD to be from TN! God Bless Senators Blackburn and Hagerty!”
Ditto to that!
Lol. I do like seeing the phrase “virtue signalling” in the statement, it suggests they are aware of the jeopardy they are in if they fail to act.
If you get RummyChick to stop being such a Debbie Downer, Negative Nancy NAG - I'll buy you a REAL (not virtual) keg of it.
Where are the boys from Florida?
The ultimate legislative act of cowardice: punt to a (rigged) “bipartisan” commission that they can then bow to.
Bttt.
5.56mm
I think what it means is on Jan. 6, they will object and demand 10 days for an audit which would put the selection of electors back to Jan, 16.
If I’m incorrect, someone please correct me. Nicely. No snark needed.
“Where are Pardue and Loeffler?”
Those two elitists are happy to have PDJT show up in GA and stump for them, but they simply won’t “FIGHT FOR TRUMP!”
I just called them both...again...to implore them to join with Cruz and others to fight this! They will never win again if they don’t step to the plate with a set of balls and fight against theft and tyranny.
That’s what I think
RSBN will be showing it, per their web site.
Disappointed, but not surprised my Senator, Pat Toomey, didn’t sign. Wrote him an email, for all the good it will do.
“Who picks the commission?”
Congress. Which means Pelosi and Mitch.
“Cut to the chase...are they challenging or not???”
If you read the whole thing:
“Accordingly, we intend to vote on January 6 to reject the electors from disputed states”
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