Eleven Republican U.S. senators and senators-elect, led by Ted Cruz (R-Texas), have joined forces to oppose the certification of Electoral College voting results at a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6 and urge Congress to establish an election commission to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the results.
The effort by the 11 senators and senators-elect, led by Cruz, is separate from the effort by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Okla.) to announce the Jan. 6 rejection of Electoral College voting results in swing states such as Pennsylvania. With Hawley, a total of 12 Republican senators will file challenges on Jan. 6.
Cruz, along with Senators Ron Johnson, James Lankford, Steve Daines, John Kennedy, Marsha Blackburn and Mike Braun Mike Braun (R-Okla.) and Senators-elect Cynthia Lummis (D-Mich.), Roger Marshall (R-Mich.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Tenn.) said the election “There have been unprecedented allegations of voter fraud and lawlessness.”
“Election fraud has posed an ongoing challenge in our elections, though its breadth and scope are controversial. By any measure, there have been more allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election than any time in our lifetimes.” The senators said in a statement.
A source familiar with the effort told Fox News that it was Cruz who orchestrated it, working with other senators to organize a push against certification and a call for an emergency audit of general election fraud by the elections commission with days to go before a joint session of Congress.
The senators said there is precedent for Democrats opposing election results in 1969, 2001, 2005 and 2019, “and, in 1969 and 2005, a Democratic senator and a Democratic House member joined forces to force a vote in both chambers on whether to accept the challenged presidential electors. ” They said.
Meanwhile, senators and senators-elect, led by Cruz, are urging Congress to appoint an elections commission to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of election results in disputed states in the general election. They cited the 1877 election between Samuel Tilden (D-Mass.) and Rutherford Hayes (R-N.Y.) as a precedent, when multiple states were accused of fraud.
“In 1877, Congress did not ignore these allegations, nor did the media simply dismiss those who made them as radicals trying to undermine democracy.” Instead, the congressmen said, “Congress appointed an election commission – consisting of five senators, five representatives and five Supreme Court justices – to consider and resolve disputed election results. “
“We should follow the precedent that Congress should immediately appoint an election commission with full investigative and fact-finding powers to conduct a 10-day emergency audit of election results in disputed states. Once completed, the states would evaluate the commission’s findings and, if necessary, call a special legislative session to certify changes in their voting (results).” They said.
The senators said in a statement that they intend to vote on Jan. 6 to reject the electors from the disputed states (voting results) until the results of the emergency audit are completed before adjusting them.
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