11 Republican senators to challenge Joe Biden s win, vow to vote against state electors
A growing number of Republican lawmakers are joining U.S. President Donald Trump s extraordinary effort to overturn the election, pledging to reject the results when Congress meets next week to count the electoral college votes and certify President-elect Joe Biden s win.
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Posted: Jan 02, 2021 4:27 PM ET | Last Updated: January 2
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas speaks at a campaign rally in Cumming, Ga., on Saturday. Cruz is leading a coalition of 11 Republican senators vowing to vote against certain state electors certifying Democrat Joe Biden s presidential win.(Brynn Anderson/The Associated Press)
10 things you need to know today: January 2, 2021 Tim O Donnell
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The Senate voted 81-13 on Friday to override President Trump s veto of the $741 billion defense authorization bill. This was Congress first veto override of Trump s presidency, which is now in its final days. Earlier in the week, the House voted to back the legislation. It authorizes pay raises for service members and imposes new limits on how much of the military s construction budget the president can move by emergency order. Trump said he vetoed the measure because he did not like how it restricts the president s ability to draw down troop levels, as well as the fact that it directs the Pentagon to strip the names of Confederate figures from U.S. military installations. Trump also wanted the legislation to include a repeal of liability protections for tech companies, a completely unrelated issue. [
Loony Louie Gohmert just had his zany lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence tossed on the sad heap of Krakens. Gohmert and some other Republicans were trying to get the courts to require Pence to abuse his position as U.S. Senate presiding officer to make his own call about which electors counted on January 6.
Once again, the nonsense of the Republicans legal clown car was rejected by a Republican judge appointed to his post by Donald Trump. This time it was Judge Jeremy Kernodle hammering one more nail in the judicial coffin.
LawandCrime.com had this report tonight:
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against Vice President Mike Pence by Rep. Louie Gohmert and fake pro-Trump electors on Friday, finding that plaintiffs lacked standing.