Meaning. Josh Hawley
Joshua (Josh) David Hawley Hallmark PAC asks Hawley, Marshall to repay employee donations House Democrats Announces Resolution to Rep. Mo Brooks Over Capitol Riots Commerce Bank Joins Companies Shutting Down Support For Officials Opposing Biden Transition MORE (R-Mo.) And Ted Cruz
Rafael (Ted) Edward Cruz PAC BP Employee Pauses Contributions for 6 Months House Democrats Announce Resolution to Rep. Mo Brooks to disapprove over Capitol riots What is the future of the Republican Party now? LAKE (R-Texas) are facing a possible vote on a censure resolution in the Senate as Democrats and some Republicans blame them for the mob that attacked the Capitol last week.
Several Democratic senators have called on Hawley and Cruz to resign and Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse
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Sherrod Campbell Brown On The Money: Wave of companies stopped donations, much of it to GOP | Wall Street Braces For Tighter Rules Under New Democratic Majority | Nearly 6,000 attorneys and law students call for suspension of Cruz and Hawley Reconsidering the role of the next SEC chairman MORE (D-Ohio) have called for their deportation if they do not voluntarily resign.
Democratic aides say there is a debate about disapproving the two lawmakers for helping to set up protesters who temporarily halted the electoral college count last week after overrunning Capitol Police.
Some Republican colleagues aren’t happy with Hawley and Cruz either, though GOP criticism of the pair is usually softer than the barbs thrown forward President Trump
Donald TrumpHouse GOP Leader Tells Members To Stop Spreading Riot Lies, Antifa DC Attorney General Says Trump Organization Falsely Paid K Bill Accrued During Inauguration 70K Q Anon Twitter Accounts suspended after the MORE uprising in the Capitol, who is blamed even more for the debacle.
Her. Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt Romney Republicans Poll Support For Trump Impeachment Trumpism Should Not Become New McCarthyism Security Boosts For Lawmakers’ Tours Around Inauguration: Report MORE (R-Utah), seated behind the Missouri junior senator, appeared to glare at Hawley Wednesday night after the senate resumed work following the riot. At the time, Hawley explained why he joined the Electoral College ballot in the election.
Since the Senate had previously been evacuated, Romney reportedly heard shouting, “This is what you got, guys.”
Her. Ben Sasse
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Asked during an interview on Fox News ‘The Journal Editorial Report’ whether Senate GOP colleagues such as Hawley and Cruz bear any responsibility for storming the Capitol last week, Sen. Pat Toomey
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“There are people who have really perpetuated the big lie that Donald Trump won in a landslide and it was all stolen from him,” he said. “That is not true and we know that it is not true.
“Then there [is] aggravation of dishonesty such as propagating the idea that Wednesday’s proceedings could somehow lead to a different outcome and so it was reasonable to try to pressure lawmakers to do so. That would never happen.
“To deliberately mislead people about that, that’s a real problem,” he added.
Spokespersons for Hawley and Cruz did not specifically respond to calls from Democratic lawmakers on Monday to oust, censor, or strip GOP lawmakers from their committee duties.
Cruz, in an interview with a Texas television station KTRK, accused Democrats of breaking him down for political reasons.
“No one should be surprised when the Democrats play in politics and see them try to attack strong conservative leaders. That’s something Democrats have been doing for a long time. I think it’s really cynical that they try to take advantage of what was a tragic event, ”he said.
Hawley said last week, “I will never apologize for giving the vote to the millions of Missouri residents and Americans who are concerned about the integrity of our election.”
Hawley won the election for his first term and Cruz won re-election for his second term in 2018, meaning they won’t face voters again until 2024.
A Democratic senator would have to back a resolution to disapprove or oust Hawley or Cruz if she is to vote on both options. The possibility of an expulsion vote is considered much less likely.
“There were a few senators who were trying to figure that out,” said a Democratic aide to the Senate. “More and more members of the Democratic caucus are ready to vote yes on a resolution of censure.”
The Senate would disapprove of the senators by passing by majority a resolution formally disapproving of their behavior. A two-thirds majority of votes is required for an expulsion.
Article 1, Section 5 of the Constitution allows any chamber of Congress to establish its rules of procedure and to punish its members for disorderly conduct.
Hawley was the first GOP senator to announce that he would support challenges to the Electoral College. It was an important step because although House Republicans were already planning to object to several states, they needed a GOP senator to join them to trigger a debate and vote in both houses.
Days later, Cruz led a group of 11 GOP senators who said they would also object. They distributed a letter calling for the creation of a special committee to conduct a 10-day emergency audit of election results in states where the Trump campaign alleged widespread fraud – claims that were rejected by Republican and Democrat-appointed judges.
The efforts would always be pointless. There weren’t enough votes to throw out the results of fair elections in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and other states in the House or Senate, given backlash from Democrats and most Republicans – particularly in the Senate.
But the Senators’ objection prompted the Democrats that their actions contributed to the terror in the Capitol on Wednesday, when thousands of people who apparently believed conspiracy theories about the election broke through the police and walked through the halls seemingly look for lawmakers to harm. .
“Both @HawleyMo and @SenTed Cruz have betrayed their oaths of office and sparked a violent uprising against our democracy,” Brown tweeted Saturday. I call for their immediate resignation. If they don’t resign, the Senate must expel them. ”
It is not the first time that there have been objections to the results. Democrats objected to the results of President Bush’s reelection victory over Sen. in 2004. John Kerry
John KerryBiden fills his national security team with nearly two dozen appointments. The Iranian – and Internal – Threat to America Five Plums of Foreign Policy Ripe for Biden’s Pick MORE (D-Mass.), Delaying the electoral college’s votes on the floor of a joint session of Congress and sparking debate.
But Kerry at the time did not dispute the election results and had already admitted defeat. The situation has been much more unstable this year given Trump’s refusal to admit his loss and the support he had from many Republican lawmakers.
“The violent mob that attacked the Capitol was made up of people who do not accept democracy and want to take this country by force,” Sen. Patty Murray
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“Any senator who stands up and supports the power over the power of democracy has violated his oath of office. Senators Hawley and Cruz should resign, ”she said.
Hawley and Cruz became further isolated in the Senate GOP after the mob attack, as several GOP senators dropped their plans to object.
Before Wednesday, Hawley and Cruz were seen as contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and their support of House Republican objections to Arizona and Pennsylvania election rules was seen as an attempt to gain favor with Trump supporters.
But the tactic failed, said Brian Darling, a Republican strategist and former Senate aide.
“I think it will be tough in the short term. Maybe in the long run they will get the ship right and do what they originally wanted, become the heir to Trump’s supporters, ”he said.
In the short term, Senator Hawley and Senator Cruz will face calls for resignation. They are having a very difficult time now. They need to explain that what they did was justified under the constitution and that Democrats did something in the past in 2016 and 2004, ”he said.
Chip Saltsman, another Republican strategist, said the political situation for Hawley and Cruz is looking worse in Washington than in mainstream America, where many Republicans are concerned about Trump’s claims of voter fraud.
“They have more problems in Washington, DC, then they are back home,” he said.