WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., says he will raise objections next week when the Congress meets to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the election, forcing House and Senate votes that are likely to delay — but in no way alter — the final certification of Biden’s win.
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President Donald Trump has, without evidence, claimed there was widespread fraud in the election. He has pushed Republican senators to pursue his unfounded charges even though the Electoral College this month cemented Biden’s 306-232 victory and multiple legal efforts to challenge the results have failed.
A group of Republicans in the Democratic-majority House have already said they will object on Trump’s behalf during the Jan. 6 count of electoral votes, and they had needed just a single senator to go along with them to force votes in both chambers.
Without giving specifics or evidence, Hawley said he would object because “some states, including notably Pennsylvania” did not follow their own election laws. Lawsuits challenging Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania have been unsuccessful.
“At the very least, Congress should investigate allegations of voter fraud and adopt measures to secure the integrity of our elections,” Hawley said in a statement Wednesday.
Asked about Hawley’s announcement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said, “I have no doubt that on next Wednesday, a week from today, that Joe Biden will be confirmed by the acceptance of the vote of the electoral college as the 46th president of the United States.”
When Congress convenes to certify the Electoral College results, any lawmaker can object to a state’s votes on any grounds. But the objection is not taken up unless it is in writing and signed by both a member of the House and a member of the Senate.
When there is such a request, then the joint session suspends and the House and Senate go into separate sessions to consider it. For the objection to be sustained, both chambers must agree to it by a simple majority vote. If they disagree, the original electoral votes are counted.
The last time such an objection was considered was 2005, when Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio and Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, both Democrats, objected to Ohio’s electoral votes by claiming there were voting irregularities. Both chambers debated the objection and rejected it. It was only the second time such a vote had occurred.
As president of the Senate, Vice President Mike Pence will preside over the Jan. 6 session and declare the winner.
This guy is right.
All the evil dems who cheated should go to hell.
Let’s join the rally for Trump in Washington. Wednesday Jan 6. Busses leaving from all states. Jews for Trump will be there as well. Busses leaving Boro park as well. We will make a big Kiddush H as heimish yidden speak up for Trump as we did with our thousand car caravan for Trump in Monsey,Flatbush,Boro park and Lakewood. See you all at the maga rally.
The only ‘deep state’ is in trump’s infantile head. An audit of 15,000 ballots in Cobb Co, GA found NOT ONE fraud vote. There is ZERO proof of any fraud anywhere, except in his failed WH.
Look at the posts below. So many angry people. I voted for Trump; he lost; it’s time to get over it.
By the way Yidden….this election result is clearly the will of HaShem ( as is everything else that happens). No doubt, at some point in the future we may come to understand more about this and why it happened.
I don’t understand how so many ehrlich yidden, can be bittel zman and partake in something like this. We should all be using the time to study HaShem’s Torah.
they should object if only for the record, since the records will matter after 120
Won’t this force a roll call vote which places Republicans in a no win position. The vote will be either for or against Delusional Loser Donald Trump who will certainly retaliate against those that vote to follow the Constitution.
Demented Lame Duck Donald lost when all the legally cast votes were counted.
Serial loooser deranged donald trying to overthrow American democracy. Another demented distraction from 340,000 niftar from the trump epidemic. A legacy of cruelty, hate and failure.