Republicans Pin Blame on Trump s Rhetoric for Poor Performance in Georgia Senate Races
On 1/6/21 at 12:53 PM EST
Donald Trump has only himself to blame for shooting the entire Grand Old Party in the foot.
That was the message from some members of the outgoing president s own party on Wednesday in the wake of poor performances in two Senate runoff elections Tuesday night in the once ruby red state of Georgia that will determine control of the upper chamber. Well, it turns out that telling the voters that the election is rigged is not a great way to turn out your voters, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said. President Trump has disrespected the American voters, has dishonored the election system and has disgraced the office of the presidency.
Arizona’s 11 Electoral Votes Challenged by GOP Senator, Reps During Joint Session
More than 60 Republican House representatives led by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and one senator objected to Arizona’s 11 electoral votes during the Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday.
Their objection “complies with the law,” said Vice President Mike Pence, the president of the Senate during the Joint Session of Congress.
Gosar said that the GOP representatives and a senator objected “on the ground that they were not under all of the known circumstances, regularly given.”
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) stood on the floor as the GOP senator who objected to Arizona’s votes. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said he would join in Arizona’s electoral objection. Marshall also said he’ll object to the electoral votes in Georgia and Pennsylvania, according to CNN. “That’s absolutely correct,” he told the network about objecting to those three states.
John Cornyn won t object to certification of Joe Biden s win, but other Texas Republicans will
By Patrick Svitek/The Texas Tribune
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U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, announced Tuesday that he isn t planning to object to the certification of the Electoral College vote in Congress, splitting with a growing number of GOP colleagues that most notably includes the state’s junior senator, Ted Cruz.
In a lengthy letter to Texans, Cornyn noted that he has supported President Donald Trump’s right to challenge election results in the courts but that Trump s lawsuits have gone nowhere, and recounts in multiple states have also failed to change the outcome. Trump has continued to push baseless claims of widespread fraud in the election, including at a campaign rally Monday night in Georgia.
The effort, the latest among dozens of Republican attempts to overturn Trump’s loss, is unlikely to alter the electoral college tally, which Biden won.
The move has splintered the party s Senate caucus, with some members of the leadership expressing opposition. It is expected to be rejected by both the GOP-controlled Senate and the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.
Pence, as the president of the senate, will preside over the joint session of Congress on Wednesday, where he is supposed to announce the candidates who won the majority of Electoral College votes President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
However, Pence s chief of staff Marc Short said the vice president shares the concerns of millions of Americans about voter fraud and irregularities in the last election.