Us Senator Josh Hawley speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the third day of her confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2020.
The 2020 election process is not over yet, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley said Wednesday morning when asked if he would congratulate Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden.
“I’m not there yet,” he said. “The election process will end on January 6th, when Congress certifies the electoral College results.” Holly spoke on CBS this morning.
“Obviously, the vote before the electoral College is very important, but the certifying takes place on January 6, and until then, President Trump certainly has the right to pursue the legal remedies he wants to pursue and to have his views heard. I think January 6 is the key date [for this year’s election].” Hawley was referring to a joint session of Congress scheduled for January 6, 2021, when states’ electoral votes will be counted.
Under the rules of Congress, any Member of the Federal House of Representatives may jointly challenge a state’s electoral votes during a joint session, bringing both houses of Congress to a full vote on whether to accept the state’s electoral votes, after which the house and Senate will debate the matter, and the debate will be limited to two hours.
The process could result in some ballots being voided, and if neither candidate gets the 270 electoral votes, Congress would move to a second voting system, with state delegations in the House of Representatives voting, which could give Trump a chance to win another term.
Under the 12th Amendment, the House of Representatives will decide who is president and the Senate will decide who is vice president. If the final choice for president is made by the House of Representatives, in this case the House vote is different from the usual vote of the representatives. Instead, the state delegations vote. Each state delegation has one vote, and the person who wins a majority of the state delegation’s votes becomes president. Republicans currently hold a majority of state delegations in the House of Representatives.
Mr. Hawley’s comments Wednesday came after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Mr. Biden and claimed that the 50-state Electoral College vote had settled the dispute. McConnell’s congratulations have drawn warnings from conservative groups that Republican senators who do not support Trump’s legal challenges will struggle to win over voters.
When asked by the media if he was considering opposing the outcome of the presidential election, Hawley did not decline, saying, “I’m studying what’s been done in the past. Democrats raised concerns in both the House and Senate after the 2004 and 2016 elections. “This is really the only forum that the Constitution and laws give senators and congressmen to have a chance to raise concerns about the election.”
“So I’m reading about what happened in the past. We have a hearing on the election in the United States Senate today. So we’ll see.” Holly said.
At least four congressmen or elected members have pledged to oppose swing states’ electoral votes during the joint session, and three senators are open to the idea of challenging the results on January 6.
In recent weeks, the senators’ thinking on the issue has drawn intense attention. The Epoch Times reached out to all Republican and senator-elect senators for this question, and as of Tuesday, only Senator Mitt Romney had responded by saying he opposed the plan.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold its first congressional hearing today (16th) to examine irregularities in the 2020 presidential election, with six witnesses present.
“I note that while many issues will continue to be resolved properly in the courts, a large percentage of Americans still do not believe the 2020 election results are legitimate because there have been clear irregularities that have not been adequately examined,” commission Chairman Ron Johnson said in a statement.
“This is not a sustainable state for our country,” Johnson said. The only way to address doubts is full transparency and public awareness. That will be the goal of the hearings.”
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