Her. Josh Hawley
Joshua (Josh) David Hawley Press for, 000 stimulus checks hits Senate buzzsaw GOP Senators in Georgia throw support behind, 000 stimulus checks Five GOP senators to keep an eye on in next month’s fight at Electoral College MORE (R-Mo.) Said on Wednesday that he will object to the Congressional electoral college count on Jan. 6, becoming the first GOP senator to support the efforts of the House’s conservatives.
Hawley’s decision would prompt a debate and vote in the House and Senate on the results of the Electoral College.
“I cannot vote to confirm the results of the electoral college on Jan. 6 without raising the fact that some states, especially Pennsylvania, have not complied with their own electoral laws,” Hawley said in a statement.
And I cannot vote to certify without highlighting the unprecedented effort by mega corporations, including Facebook and Twitter, to get involved in this election, in support of Joe Biden
Joe BidenGeorgia signature audit finds no presidential election fraud Pence declined to sign up to reverse election, lawyers say New Lincoln Project ad shows Trump border wall built from COVID-19 victims’ gravestones. At the very least, Congress should investigate allegations of voter fraud and take steps to ensure the integrity of our elections. But Congress has not taken any action so far, ” Hawley added.
His office didn’t immediately respond to a question about which states he will be objecting next week.
Hawley’s decision comes as a group of House Conservatives led by Rep. Mo Brooks
Morris (Mo) Jackson Brooks Trump Campaign Asks Supreme Court To Review Wisconsin Challenge Five GOP Senators To Look Into Next Month’s Election College GOP Tries To Avoid Messy Trump Battle For Electoral College MORE (R-Ala.), Have pledged to make a long-winded attempt to reverse the results of next Wednesday’s presidential election by objecting to the Electoral College results.
To force a debate and vote on their objection to a state’s results, House members need the backing of a senator who will also object – something they didn’t have before Hawley’s announcement.
According to the Congressional Research Service, it will be the third time Congress has had to discuss an objection since 1887. The other two times, in 1969 and 2005, had ultimately failed to change the results of the election and the objections were dismissed.
Congress will convene a joint session on January 6 to formally count election results. If an objection has the support of both a member of the House of Representatives and the Senate, lawmakers will split up in their respective chambers to debate and vote on whether or not to grant the objection for up to two hours.
The objection is not expected to gain majority support in either chamber, given backlash from Democrats and some Republicans, meaning Congress efforts to change the election results will fall short.
But GOP leaders in the Senate had hoped to avoid the fight altogether, with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell GOP Senator Says He Will Block Permission For, 000 Stimulus Checks Intercept DC Office Chief: McConnell Was ‘Pretty Okay’ Losing Trump’s Re-election Trump Targets Congressional Republicans on Multiple fronts MORE (Ky.) And members of his leadership team who publicly urged Republicans to object at a conference call earlier this month.
The vote, Republicans worry, would jeopardize a large number of incumbent GOP members for re-election in 2022 by forcing them to decide between their support behind Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud, which many of them have publicly rejected, or break. with the president and open up to a bloody primary battle.
“I mean, in the Senate it would … go down like a shot dog,” Sen. John Thune
John Randolph ThuneTrump Targets Congressional Republicans On Multiple Fronts Sanders To Retard NDAA’s Right Of Vote In An Attempt To Vote On K-Check Proposal This Week: Trump’s Grasp Of Hill Allies Faces Test MORE (RS.D.) told reporters earlier this month. “I just don’t think it’s very logical to get everyone through this when you know what the final outcome will be.”
Hawley is seen as a 2024 presidential candidate, and his move will put pressure on others watching the race.
Several other GOP senators have not yet said whether they will object, including Rand Paul
Randal (Rand) Howard Paul GOP Senator Says He Will Block Permission For 1,000 Stimulus Vouchers Billions For Foreign Governments, Tokens for Americans Federal Judge: ‘No wonder a criminal like Trump pardons other criminals’ MORE (Ky.), Ted Cruz
Rafael (Ted) Edward Cruz Five GOP Senators to Watch in Next Month’s Electoral College Battle The Memo: Could Pence Run and Win in 2024? George Clooney calls Trump ‘a charismatic carnival slaver’ MORE (Texas) and Tom Cotton
Tom Bryant CottonStatues Don’t Teach History Five GOP Senators to Watch at Next Month’s Electoral College Fighting Trump’s Legacy: An Enduring Contempt for the Truth? LAKE (Ark.), Who, like Hawley, are seen as potential 2024 contenders.
Her. Kelly Loeffler
Kelly Loeffler Push for, 000 stimulus checks hits Senate buzzsaw 2.3 million people voted in Georgia Senate runoffs with a week to go Chief of the DC Bureau of Intercept: McConnell was ‘pretty okay’ with Trump losing re-election MORE (R-Ga.), Who remains close to Trump ahead of her second election on Tuesday, has not said what she will do. Sen.-elect Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) Is also being watched closely after his campaign manager said he was seriously considering objecting.