Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger speaks during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Sept. 16, 2020.
Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R) said about 100 Republican lawmakers could vote to challenge Biden’s electoral votes when a joint session of Congress convenes on Jan. 6.
I hope I’m wrong,” Kinzinger, a frequent critic of President Trump, said on “The Bulwark Podcast. I’m guessing there will be more than 100 members [of Congress who vote to challenge the electoral vote].”
“I think there will be some people who will come forward and take a firm stand,” he continued, “and I wouldn’t be surprised if it [the number] approaches three figures.”
In this podcast interview, Kinzinger said he does not support the challenge to the electoral vote led by Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks (R).
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Ala.) said Wednesday (30) that he would join the challenge, becoming the first senator who will challenge the electoral vote.
In a joint session of Congress, it takes at least one senator and one representative to challenge the Electoral College vote in any state. Once the challenge is initiated, the House and Senate will debate for two hours whether to accept the state’s Electoral College vote results. That means the process could take several hours if lawmakers oppose the results of more than one state’s vote.
Some Republican senators have said their challenge will fail.
Senator Hawley has every right to object,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Fox News on Thursday (31). But overturning an election in another state is a different matter.”
Graham added, “If the dead are voting, then I want (their) names. It would be difficult for me to fundamentally replace the role of the federal courts if we were to retry in the Senate a case that has already been heard by the federal courts. But I’ll listen and we’ll see how it turns out.”
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