After the Texas attorney general sued four swing states, as of Thursday (Dec. 10), President Trump (R-Texas) and six states have filed motions to join the lawsuit with the Supreme Court (pictured). There are 106 Republican members of Congress in the House of Representatives who support the Texas lawsuit to challenge the 2020 election.
After Texas sued four swing states, President Trump (R-Texas) and six states have filed motions to join the lawsuit with the Supreme Court as of Thursday (Dec. 10). There are 106 Republican members of Congress in the House of Representatives who support the Texas lawsuit to challenge the 2020 election.
Vice President Mike Pence also publicly supported the Texas lawsuit and Trump’s joining it on Thursday. He said the Trump lawsuit went to the Supreme Court as a matter of course.
“We will continue to fight until every legal vote is counted. We will continue to fight until every illegal vote is struck.” Pence said Thursday while attending a Senate runoff electioneering rally in Augusta, Georgia.
The 106 lawmakers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to approve an amicus brief filed asking the justices to uphold the power of state legislatures to determine the manner in which presidential electors are elected and to determine the constitutionality of ballot voting and counting under election rulemaking by non-legislative officials.
As of Thursday, six states and legal teams had filed to intervene in the Texas lawsuit as plaintiffs.
“19 states are fighting for us with almost unheard of support!” Trump tweeted Thursday night in response to the Texas case.
“(There’s) a lot of support from all over the country. We just want courage and wisdom from the people who will make one of the most important decisions in (this) country’s history. God bless you all!” Trump wrote.
Reps: State Legislature’s Constitutionally Granted Rights Usurped
In their statement (pdf), the House members wrote: “This statement demonstrates (our) concern as members of Congress, echoed by countless thousands of voters, that the unconstitutional violations involved in the 2020 presidential election cast doubt on its outcome and the integrity of the American electoral system.”
“In the months leading up to the 2020 election, state and local actors have deliberately changed these (election) rules.”
“Governors, secretaries of state, election officials, state courts, federal courts and private political parties have repeatedly usurped the explicit mandates of these state legislatures to establish voter rules.” The statement reads.
The congressmen added that this usurpation has largely led to unprecedented allegations of serious election fraud and irregularities.
The U.S. Constitution gives each state legislature the authority to establish the manner in which presidential electors are appointed.
According to the congressmen, “No state constitution, state law, governor, state election official or court can alter or limit this (constitutional) grant of power.”
They urged the Supreme Court to “conduct an objective review of these anomalies and determine for the (American) people whether the (defendant states) have indeed complied with the Constitution and maintained the rule of law.”
Louisiana U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R) led the charge. He said President Trump called him Thursday to express his gratitude.
House members who signed the statement include House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana), senior Judiciary Committee member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), incoming Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-Indiana) and conservative Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), among others.
Rep. Jordan: Supports investigation to clear up all the weirdness of the 2020 election
Jordan told Newsmax TV on Thursday that more investigation must be done to get to the bottom of “all the weird stuff” about the 2020 presidential election. He also supports the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the integrity of the election.
Jordan said, “President Trump won 19 of the 20 ‘windfall’ counties in the country and increased the Hispanic, African-American vote.”
He also compared the vast differences between Trump and Biden during the campaign, saying that Biden hid in his basement and held rallies with just 55 people, while the president held rallies with 55,000 people at a time.
Jordan went on to say that nothing matches what has happened historically. “That’s why I think it’s critical that we do everything we can to figure out what happened.”
“Seventy-five million people voted for President Trump …… nearly 60 million people think the election was stolen” and a third of voters don’t trust the vote, he said.
“That’s an abnormal situation.” He said.
6 States and legal teams file to intervene as plaintiffs in Texas lawsuit
On Monday night, the Texas attorney general filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to overturn the election results certified by the four states as a Biden victory and protect the integrity of the 2020 election. On Wednesday, Trump, in his personal capacity, also filed a motion with the Supreme Court to join the Texas lawsuit.
On Thursday, “state lawmakers and voters,” represented by the Justice Foundation and the Thomas More Society’s Amistad Project, filed a motion to intervene and participate as plaintiffs in the case; their complaint has already been filed.
On Thursday, six states – Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Utah – filed motions to intervene with the Supreme Court, asking to join Texas’ election lawsuit against four swing states.
Attorneys general from 12 other states filed amicus briefs in support of the Texas lawsuit on Wednesday, and on Thursday, the District of Columbia filed legal briefs in opposition to the Texas lawsuit on behalf of the attorneys general of 22 blue states and territories, all of which are Democrats.
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