The New York Times reported that shortly after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke publicly Friday to congratulate Biden on his election, he and top aides began the task of persuading Republican senators, calling to plead with colleagues in the Senate not to join the Republican caucus in overturning the vote.
The New York Times reported that shortly after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke publicly Friday to congratulate Biden on his election, he and top aides began the task of persuading Republican senators, calling to plead with colleagues in the Senate not to join the Republican caucus in overturning the vote.
The Electoral College voted Wednesday to confirm Biden as the winner of the 2020 election, and Congress will then convene on January 6 to endorse the electoral College results. Some Republican members of the House of Representatives plan to stage a boycott on January 6th to try to overturn the election result.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that McConnell and his top aides persuaded fellow Senate Republicans not to join the House Republicans in overturning the election results soon after they publicly acknowledged Biden’s victory. Three people familiar with the matter said.
Some Republicans in the House of Representatives, led by Alabama Republican Mo Brooks, plan to boycott the five battleground state votes in the Constitutional process on January 6. Under the rules of procedure, Brooks and others have little chance of winning, but if at least one U.S. senator comes forward, they can call a vote, turning what was once a standard process of congressional approval of the Electoral College vote into President Trump‘s last chance to seek a reversal.
Analysis, the New York times so far, there is no republican senator willing to join the republican representative action, however, Mr McConnell in order to avoid the boat, on the phone for his fellow republicans, stressed that if challenge the election results on January 6, whether the senators will have to publicly state vote in favor of the overthrow, for some upcoming race for re-election in 2022, republican colleagues, very bad.
McConnell tapped Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to explain to his Fellow Republicans in the Senate, sources said.
McConnell Allies point out that McConnell actually accepts the outcome of the election, but does not want to publicly disagree with Trump, who has been spreading election conspiracy theories, and only wants to avoid a confrontation at the end of the year that could hurt the two-seat Senate reelection in Georgia, which goes to the polls in January.
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