3 Jan 2021 Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) released a scathing statement following Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and several other GOP senators announcing their intent to reject the electors from disputed states “unless and until” a 10-day audit is completed, categorizing the move as an “egregious ploy” that “dangerously threatens our Democratic Republic.” “The egregious ploy to reject electors may enhance the political ambition of some, but dangerously threatens our Democratic Republic. The congressional power to reject electors is reserved for the most extreme and unusual circumstances,” Romney said in a Saturday statement following the release of a joint-statement from Sens. Cruz, Ron Johnson (R-WI), James Lankford (R-OK), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Kennedy (R-LA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Sens.-Elect Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) — all of whom demanded an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns in disputed states.