On Friday (Dec. 11), a team of 18 lawmakers led by House Republican Conference Chairman Liz Cheney (R-Texas) and Rep. Ken Buck (R-Mich.) introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives supporting President Trump’s legal action against election fraud.
According to the resolution seen by Fox News, the House members said directly in the resolution, “Support President Trump’s efforts to ensure that every legitimate vote in the November 2020 presidential election is counted.”
The lawmakers also said, “Support President Trump’s efforts to investigate and bring to justice those who committed election fraud.”
The resolution is another expression of Republican lawmakers’ support for President Trump’s challenge to election fraud.
“It is very important that we do everything we can to ensure that every legitimate vote is counted in the 2020 presidential election.” Barker said in a statement on the resolution.
“It is critical that the people have confidence in our electoral system, because free and fair elections are the hallmark of our system of government. We must protect the integrity of our elections and bring those who commit election fraud to justice.” He said.
Notably, federal Republican Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ariz.) also joined the resolution. He previously said he would challenge the Electoral College vote results submitted by swing states at a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6. If the challenge is successful, the results of those states will be nullified. Brooks said this makes sense because “I firmly believe that this election was stolen by the socialist Democratic Party.”
Rep. Chip Roy, another federal Republican who joined the resolution, also raised concerns about “rampant fraud and illegal voting” and asked Congress to address the mail ballot issue in legislation.
As of Thursday (Dec. 10), President Trump and six states had filed motions with the Supreme Court to join the lawsuit after Texas sued four swing states. On Thursday, 106 Republican members of the House of Representatives in Congress filed papers with the Supreme Court in support of the Texas lawsuit.
The Texas lawsuit accuses Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin of unconstitutionally changing election laws, failing to treat voters fairly and loosening measures to regulate ballot integrity, triggering major voting irregularities. The lawsuit asks the Supreme Court to rule that the 2020 elections in the four states are unconstitutional; to prohibit the counting of votes cast by the Electoral College in the four states; and, for the defendant states that have appointed electors, to direct the state legislatures to appoint new electors in accordance with the Constitution.
The Texas lawsuit has won the support of 18 states. The attorneys general of 17 of those states wrote in a joint brief filed Dec. 9 with the Supreme Court that “non-legislators in each defendant state violated the Presidential Electors Clause by unconstitutionally repealing or watering down statutory safeguards against fraud enacted by that state’s legislature.”
Arizona filed a separate amicus brief with the Supreme Court on Dec. 9. The state’s attorney general, Mark Brnovich, issued a statement saying, “It’s important for everyone to hold confidence in the election system and election results …… I look forward to the Supreme Court addressing these national election issues.”
Trump tweeted Thursday night in response to the Texas case, saying, “(There is) great support from across 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.
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