How Texans in Congress voted on the objections to certify Joe Biden’s win
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Most Texas Republicans in the U.S. House voted in favor of an objection to certifying the presidential election results in two swing states, hours after the Capitol had been stormed by supporters of President Donald Trump who were angry over Congress’ plan to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
But overall, Congress overwhelmingly voted against the objection by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to the certification of Arizona s results. The vote for Arizona was 93-6 in the Senate and 303-121 in the House. Later, the Senate voted 92-7 against an objection to certifying Pennsylvania s results; House members rejected it 282-138. For either objection to succeed, both chambers would have had to support them.
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Re: “McConnell accepts that Biden won Most Texas Republicans in Congress including Cruz keep holding out,” Wednesday news story.
It is alarming that a headline is needed saying that Mitch McConnell accepts that Joe Biden has won the election over a month after the election was called. It sounds like Biden hadn’t really won until the majority leader agreed. Predictably, the Texas governor, attorney general and Sen. Ted Cruz have not even gone this far. This is a direct affront to our democracy. I refuse to believe that any intelligent citizen is no