In a statement Thursday, Jan. 7, the day after the Jan. 6 incident at the U.S. Capitol, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) said states need to investigate election irregularities, restore confidence in elections and re-establish state legislative authority over elections.
As chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Ron Johnson held the only congressional hearing on irregularities in the 2020 election.
In a statement, he said millions of Americans are justifiably concerned that the election is full of fraud. “Those who have lost faith are not crazy. They are patriots who deeply love America and are appalled by what they have witnessed over the past four years: a thoroughly corrupt FBI investigation of a duly elected president; a heavily biased media that has taken sides and used its power to interfere in our politics to a far greater degree than any foreign entity could ever hope to achieve; an increasingly powerful social media that censors news and conservative voices for censorship; and courts and election officials usurping the constitutional powers of state legislatures in determining the time, place and manner of elections.”
Johnson wrote that Americans saw the Communist virus epidemic “used” to expand the implementation of mail-in ballots, followed by rumors that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had poured $500 million into local governments with contracts that involved allowing nonprofits to decide how to conduct elections.
“Then on election day, they saw poll watchers being thrown out or blocked from monitoring the votes. They heard reports of dead people voting, people who voted who had moved out of town or lived at addresses that were unoccupied. Others voted twice, once by absentee ballot and once in person. Large Democratic-controlled counties waited until Republican counties reported before releasing vote totals in the wee hours of the morning; election officials and others refused to turn over evidence to those investigating irregularities; and courts refused to hear the evidence obtained, instead dismissing election challenges on procedural grounds.”
Johnson wrote: “Can you blame so many people for losing faith in the fairness of our electoral system and questioning the legitimacy of the election results?” “For the sake of our nation’s future unity, the states must rightly assume their responsibility to take the necessary action and alleviate any doubts (Americans) may have about the fairness and legitimacy of future elections.”
“It is my sincere hope that this debate will serve as a wake-up call to state legislatures that these concerns are legitimate, fully investigate state irregularities, reaffirm their authority over federal elections, and establish controls to restore confidence in our electoral system. The solution lies with the states, not the federal government.”
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