Thanks to a Michigan Judge evidence has finally been released for everyone to see! As more evidence of fraud pours in, it will show @realDonaldTrump won in a historical landslide victory! https://t.co/uLiGTvyTvx
— Mike Lindell (@realMikeLindell) December 14, 2020
FYI Michigan Update
— ⚡ Mαχιмυs 🔥 Uηceηѕoяed ⚡ (@Maximus_4EVR) December 14, 2020
-I confirmed directly with @meshawnmaria that GOP Electors in MI cast their ballots for @realDonaldTrump.
-This, despite the attempts by some to stop them.
Feel better now?
Ok, I gotta roll, babez. pic.twitter.com/XcApbjb9oz
BREAKING: Both Biden and @realDonaldTrump sent enough electors to give them both 270+ electoral votes. This is the first time since 1887 this has happened. The election will be settled by the Electoral Count Act of 1887. #DuelingElectors
— Dr. @amuse (@amuse) December 15, 2020
Today I joined 25 fellow incoming members of Congress to DEMAND a full investigation into the gross irregularities during the 2020 election. The evidence pointing to fraud is outright appalling. If the final results aren’t correct, then every American DESERVES to know the TRUTH. pic.twitter.com/VjwzME8UAF
— Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) December 16, 2020
Besides the video footage, voice recordings, data analysis, statistical impossibilities, sworn affidavits and eyewitness testimonies. There is absolutely no evidence of voter fraud.
— Joel Fischer (@JFNYC1) December 16, 2020
Today, we will reveal our report, painting a clear picture of a cabal of billionaires and activists using their wealth to subvert, control, and fundamentally alter the electoral system itself.
— Phillip Kline (@PhillDKline) December 16, 2020
We must act now to prevent such privatized elections in the future.
DNI confirms via CBS that there was foreign election interference. https://t.co/pFeJ6JOzCh
— Ron (@CodeMonkeyZ) December 16, 2020
Maria Bartiromo dropped a bombshell on her morning show. The award-winning journalist told viewers that an intelligence source told her that Trump won the 2020 election. And then added that the Supreme Court must take cases challenging massive voter fraud to stop the clock. pic.twitter.com/79GB3vXtpG
— THE NEW SPANISH NEWSPAPER (@new_spanish) December 16, 2020
In NV, we found 19,218 non-military, non-student voters who have an out-of-state address but claim Nevada residency. We matched up the voter list against public USPS permanent change of addresses to other states. Out of those voters, 15,164 voted by mail. https://t.co/dLrMbRxpck
— Nevada GOP (@NVGOP) December 16, 2020
"Zuckerberg paid for the election judges. He purchased the drop boxes, contrary to state law... Zuckerberg paid the local officials who boarded up the windows to the counting room. Zuckerberg money purchased the machines—Dominion and otherwise." pic.twitter.com/iq8YtfmN4X
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) December 17, 2020
REVOLVING DOOR: Gov. Brian Kemp's former chief of staff --Jared S. Thomas -- left secretary of state's office and became paid lobbyist for Dominion Voting Systems, helping it land $107 million contract to run Georgia's elections https://t.co/CA13rMcWUC
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) December 17, 2020
Just released data shows many thousands of noncitizens voted in Nevada. They are totally ineligible to vote!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 17, 2020
Big Tech censored conservatives and major news stories that hurt Joe Biden. And their allies in the liberal media helped them do it. All to sway the 2020 election and hurt @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/hqyN1g98iq
— MediaResearchCenter (@theMRC) December 17, 2020
Arizona!! Pass auf. Massive data theft of 700,000 votes uncovered. Our president @realDonaldTrump won AZ easily as we knew. More details to come. #StopTheSteaI @ali
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) December 17, 2020
America! Watch this. A detailed explanation using official AZ Secretary of State raw data. Over 700,000 votes stolen from @realDonaldTrump and given to Biden. #StopTheSteaI @DonaldJTrumpJr @MarkMeadows @MarkFinchem @kelliwardaz @AZGOP @ali @Cernovich https://t.co/iBAGRHIgy7
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) December 17, 2020
Why does Democrat @RosenforNevada think voter fraud in Nevada is acceptable?
— Nevada GOP (@NVGOP) December 17, 2020
Maybe she should review the facts: https://t.co/bYdyqtywr3
CC: @NVSOS pic.twitter.com/rW5DoqgxJr
VIDEO--> MI Sec of State Official Caught On Video Telling Volunteers To Count "Multiple Ballots with the very Same Signature" During "Audit" Of Votes In Antrim County https://t.co/icZoXbklHf via @gatewaypundit
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) December 18, 2020
He didn’t win the Election. He lost all 6 Swing States, by a lot. They then dumped hundreds of thousands of votes in each one, and got caught. Now Republican politicians have to fight so that their great victory is not stolen. Don’t be weak fools! https://t.co/d9Bgu8XPIj
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2020
The corporate media is caught in their own contradictions: they keep insisting that there’s no fraud in the 2020 election but they don’t want the Dominion machines impounded. They don’t want audits. They don’t want any signature verification.
— Emerald Robinson ✝️ (@EmeraldRobinson) December 19, 2020
Because they’re lying.
A premeditated attack to stack the proverbial "election deck" against our @realDonaldTrump was obvious. This report shows consistent patterns of fraud, deceit w/many assessments, lawsuits, judicial rulings, affidavits, etc which proves his case.https://t.co/adeS47SACh
— ItalianAmericans4Trump2020🇺🇸🇮🇹TextToTRUMP88022 (@ItAmTrump2020) December 20, 2020
Votes were changed overnight using USBs in Nevada, of course the fake news media doesn’t want to report on it because it proves voter fraud. We’ve got to audit this election now. Or none of our elections will ever count again.@realDonaldTrump#AuditTheVote #DominionCheats https://t.co/BKyvYScxqK
— Mindy Robinson 🇺🇸 (@iheartmindy) December 20, 2020
REVEALED: 'Simple Math' Shows Biden Claims 13 MILLION More Votes Than There Were Eligible Voters Who Voted in 2020 Election @JoeHoft via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/nEFh9oBWdH
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) December 20, 2020
DIIVIDED NATION: 🚨🚨
— Kevin McCullough (@KMCRadio) December 21, 2020
America is 50 states.
Minus the states in question Trump won 25, Biden won 16.
Those states house 2974 counties.
Even with the “votes in question” Trump won 2496, Biden on 477.
Trump won 84% of America, Biden “won” 16%.#PickSixCheatBigJoeDid pic.twitter.com/jvE07q8C91
Big news coming out of Pennsylvania. Very big illegal ballot drop that cannot be accounted for. Rigged Election!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2020
"I've concluded that the number of possible illegal votes ... tops 379,000 ballots, more than twice the alleged victory margin of Joe Biden."
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 22, 2020
Peter Navarro updates report to show 379,000 "possible illegal votes" for @JoeBiden in Michigan. https://t.co/FqAONgZvpx
Even Michigan's Secretary of State admits it! https://t.co/yUy8oBq6wm
— President-elect Mark Mendlovitz (@MendlovitzMark) December 22, 2020
CAUGHT: Surveillance footage shows Georgia poll worker scanning the same batch of ballots MULTIPLE times! pic.twitter.com/5dKpZHa9cn
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) December 23, 2020
Statement by Donald J. Trump, The President of the United States
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2020
Full Video: https://t.co/avKfYctPAD pic.twitter.com/i8IMLhH53Q
Has the FBI Spoken with Ruby Freeman or Ralph Jones Yet? And If Not, Why in the Hell Do we Have an FBI? via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/8Yp5Us8eth
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) December 23, 2020
1/3 Letter to VP Pence pic.twitter.com/m6WtVmUOsF
— Russ Diamond (@russdiamond) December 23, 2020
3/3 Letter to VP Pence pic.twitter.com/PMhjZmJT3N
— Russ Diamond (@russdiamond) December 23, 2020
Georgia’s bogus vote tally is tainted, unconstitutional, and should not be certified.
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) December 23, 2020
Here are the numbers...#ChalkTalk pic.twitter.com/xQm7gKMpp7
We need to block approving electoral votes from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin until their legislatures meet in a joint session to vote to certify their electors.
— Phillip Kline (@PhillDKline) December 24, 2020
Governors do not have a right to certify election results through fiat.
You want evidence? We got evidence.
— Patrick Byrne (@PatrickByrne) December 27, 2020
Sidney Powell Releases A 270 Page Document of Election Fraud Evidence To The Public https://t.co/gibI727xmk
22,685 Trump Votes MISSING In Cambria County, PA: Check out the numbers. https://t.co/9abDUdDg0G pic.twitter.com/Td70xwG3c0
— 🇺🇸 GELLER REPORT 🇺🇸 (@PamelaGeller) December 28, 2020
Pa Lawmakers: Numbers Don’t Add Up,
— Russ Diamond (@russdiamond) December 28, 2020
Certification Of Presidential Results Premature and In Error pic.twitter.com/0DvmOldx1u
“Breaking News: In Pennsylvania there were 205,000 more votes than there were voters. This alone flips the state to President Trump.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2020
Lest anyone think I'm targeting "big cities" regarding voter deficits, here is the same data from MY OWN DISTRICT, broken down by precinct. IMHO, this warrants a forensic audit of physical ballots, envelopes, and pollbooks in the 32N precinct. pic.twitter.com/RFfjWW908I
— Russ Diamond (@russdiamond) December 29, 2020
...more votes than is needed by me to win Pennsylvania, not to mention hundreds of thousands of votes in other categories which increase my already big lead into a landslide. All other Swing States show likewise. WE NEED NEW & ENERGETIC REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP. This can not stand..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2020
Georgia Has 460,000 Absentee Ballots Still Missing Custody Documentation Required by Law - Will Georgia Move to Trump Column as a Result? via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/1USnHrWQfW
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) December 29, 2020
New Lott study estimates 11,350 absentee votes lost to Trump in Georgia. Another 289,000 "excess (fraudulent) votes" across GA, AZ, MI, NV, PA, and WI. Check it out! ➡️https://t.co/eIBjdmox5R pic.twitter.com/2MlKVbBoLO
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2020
More data on the tainted Wisconsin vote — Milwaukee turnout defies belief, especially compared to similar Midwestern cities.
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) December 30, 2020
The WI vote should not be certified, time for the legislature to act! It’s not too late...#ChalkTalk pic.twitter.com/DLFG2vlArz
They ran 15k ballots through 5 times, and got a different number every single...and none of them matched the hand count at the end.
— Mindy Robinson 🇺🇸 (@iheartmindy) December 30, 2020
These voting machines are sh*t, audit the whole damn election and settle it once and for all.#AuditTheVote #BidenCheated2020 https://t.co/SFMXG5CHIO
How can they not take action to #stopthesteal?
— Brian W. (@trumptrain1111) December 31, 2020
Preponderance of evidence!
DO IT!
"This Stops Right Now!" - Rudy Giuliani Testifies on Election Fraud, Urges Georgia Lawmakers to Take Action #StopTheSteal (VIDEO) via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/OWrMGRkql3
Somebody has to stand up. 74 million Americans are not going to be told their voices don’t matter pic.twitter.com/DMa7sRyoAh
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) December 31, 2020
(Pt 2) pic.twitter.com/943zoVPYuU
— Senator Doug Mastriano (@SenMastriano) December 31, 2020
(Pt 4) pic.twitter.com/hPnbu2sl6K
— Senator Doug Mastriano (@SenMastriano) December 31, 2020
Today, I joined other Pennsylvania members of the U.S. House of Representatives in releasing a statement regarding the certification of electors. See below for the full release: pic.twitter.com/FT4MT4jBjG
— Congressman Dan Meuser (@RepMeuser) December 31, 2020
ELECTORAL COLLEGE.🚨
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) December 31, 2020
"[A]t least 140 Republican Members of the House will on Jan 6 object to and vote against the Electoral College results"... (CNN)
140 HOUSE MEMBERS NOW PLAN TO OBJECT.
The 2020 election fight just got real.
WE CAUGHT THEM--> Pallets of Fake Ballots in Georgia's Fulton County Were Identified, Filmed and Sampled Before Moving Trucks Picked Them Up and Shredded Them @PatrickByrne @JoeHoft @SidneyPowell1 @RealDonaldTrump @RudyGiuliani via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/iOGwMVXV7x
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) January 1, 2021
Why haven’t they done signature verification in Fulton County, Georgia. Why haven’t they deducted all of the dead people who “voted”, illegals who voted, non Georgia residents who voted, and tens of thousands of others who voted illegally, from the final vote tally?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2021
Finally. https://t.co/cpfUGKHRN2
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) January 2, 2021
"BUSTED" https://t.co/bGfdpnLShr pic.twitter.com/Gowd3RgzIL
— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) January 2, 2021
GEORGIA.🗳️
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) January 2, 2021
"Georgia election data indicates 17,650 votes were *switched* from President Donald Trump to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, data scientists testified..."
"17,650 votes were allegedly switched from Trump to Biden as result."🔻 pic.twitter.com/hoRXkbSooD
It’s time to give the Left a major ass-kicking in Georgia. Let’s focus on the task at hand and do this. Then, armed with a Senate majority, we take on the rigging of the presidential election. Biden may yet be issuing his executive orders from a lunatic asylum in Delaware
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) January 3, 2021
Georgia Data Shows 24,658 of Trump’s Votes Removed, Another 12,173 Switched to Biden: Data Scientists https://t.co/qu9tlvGo7G via @epochtimes
— Sidney Powell 🇺🇸⭐⭐⭐ #Kraken (@SidneyPowell1) January 3, 2021
And that’s just one county!
HA has 159#Dominion staff in every county#Dominion shredding documents @GoJackFlynn @GenFlynn @BoSnerdley
I spoke to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger yesterday about Fulton County and voter fraud in Georgia. He was unwilling, or unable, to answer questions such as the “ballots under table” scam, ballot destruction, out of state “voters”, dead voters, and more. He has no clue!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2021
“Georgia election data, just revealed, shows that over 17,000 votes illegally flipped from Trump to Biden.” @OANN This alone (there are many other irregularities) is enough to easily “swing Georgia to Trump”. #StopTheSteal @HawleyMO @SenTedCruz @Jim_Jordan
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2021
We need to step forward to defend the rule of law and protect the integrity of our elections. pic.twitter.com/k1V78boAIn
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 3, 2021
Trump Speaks to State Legislators on Call About Decertifying Election https://t.co/z6BgCAe3zX via @BreitbartNews
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2021
The Swing States did not even come close to following the dictates of their State Legislatures. These States “election laws” were made up by local judges & politicians, not by their Legislatures, & are therefore, before even getting to irregularities & fraud, UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2021
Sorry, but the number of votes in the Swing States that we are talking about is VERY LARGE and totally OUTCOME DETERMINATIVE! Only the Democrats and some RINO’S would dare dispute this - even though they know it is true!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2021
I just finished reading the entire transcript of the Trump call.
— Frosty (@FrostyTakes) January 3, 2021
Georgia SoS's office comes across as obtuse and defensive. They wouldn't agree to share any data with the WH team.
What is there to hide??
So the leaked phone call:
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) January 3, 2021
-Shows Trump going thru all his evidence & numbers
-Shows Trump is a fighter
-Shows Trump isn’t quitting
-And reminds everyone the GA Secretary of State is a phony Republican willing to ally with the Fake News Media.
How exactly is this bad?
How can you certify, what you can't verify?
— Diamond and Silk® (@DiamondandSilk) January 4, 2021
How can you certify an election, if you can't verify the signatures? https://t.co/rh7rdR2OdW
ELECTORAL COLLEGE.🚨
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) January 5, 2021
REPORT: VP Pence is considering all options when he presides over the Electoral College at Joint Session of Congress on Jan. 6.
One option being weighed is sending slates of Electors *BACK* to their state capitals & telling them *FIX THIS.*
— Kanekoa (@KanekoaTheGreat) January 5, 2021
I look forward to @HawleyMO, @tedcruz, and all congressional members ensuring @JovanHPulitzer is allowed to inspect the batches of ballots that multiple sworn witnesses have observed as, "Pristine ballots, different feel, no folds, perfect bubbles, all for Biden." 🔻 https://t.co/32ryX6JbDF
— Kanekoa (@KanekoaTheGreat) January 4, 2021
GEORGIA.🚨
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) January 5, 2021
The Democratic Party seems to have found a huge loophole in the state election process. This is the tip of the iceberg.🔻https://t.co/BSZPZGJExS
The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 5, 2021
Note: I am not saying that Wisconsin *will* decertify but that the clear language of the proposal is to remedy the 2020 election results, which would entail decertification. The timeline suggests more action would be needed, such as Pence possibly sending back slates of Electors.
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) January 5, 2021
@dougmastriano
— Shiera Smiley (@shiera_smiley) January 5, 2021
Exclusive: Over 432,000 Votes Removed From Trump in Pennsylvania, Data Scientists Say https://t.co/CqXPOPj7UD
Download our app to read more at https://t.co/FebH6SqBjC
I hope the Democrats, and even more importantly, the weak and ineffective RINO section of the Republican Party, are looking at the thousands of people pouring into D.C. They won’t stand for a landslide election victory to be stolen. @senatemajldr @JohnCornyn @SenJohnThune
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 5, 2021
The Penn Assembly has now spoken to undo the fraud:@RepScottPerry @RepFredKeller @MikeKellyPA @RepSmucker @GReschenthaler @ali @Cernovich @MarkFinchem @AZGOP @RepAndyBiggsAZ https://t.co/k73onZxTBO pic.twitter.com/llqUnObmbT
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) January 6, 2021
BIG NEWS IN PENNSYLVANIA! pic.twitter.com/7JqTWYUgOr
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021
Statement from President @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/VpbPTfxZKc
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) January 6, 2021
States want to correct their votes, which they now know were based on irregularities and fraud, plus corrupt process never received legislative approval. All Mike Pence has to do is send them back to the States, AND WE WIN. Do it Mike, this is a time for extreme courage!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021
The States want to redo their votes. They found out they voted on a FRAUD. Legislatures never approved. Let them do it. BE STRONG!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021
37 Republican Members Release Statement Ahead of Electoral College Vote
Source: https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=715
WASHINGTON, January 6, 2021 – 37 Republican members of Congress today issued the following statement in advance of the joint session of Congress at 1 p.m. today:
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In the joint session of Congress today, we will vote to sustain objections to slates of electors submitted by states we believe clearly violated the Constitution in the presidential election of 2020. This is our solemn duty, and our position on this threshold legal question has been widely known and published for weeks.
On December 10, 2020, we filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of 126 Members of Congress (linked here), in which we urged the Court to immediately address the fact that four battleground states (Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) violated the plain language of Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution in their selection of presidential electors. Citing insufficient standing, as opposed to the merits of the underlying case, the Supreme Court declined to resolve the urgent issue.
Because the Framers of our Constitution recognized elections were susceptible to corruption, they created the Electoral College as a safeguard and expressly empowered state legislatures to ensure the integrity of our unique election system. Only the state legislatures were given the authority to direct the manner of appointing presidential electors. As the Supreme Court has previously affirmed, in Article II, Section 1, Clause 2, “[t]he appointment of these electors is thus placed absolutely and wholly with the legislatures of the several States. . . .[That authority] can neither be taken away nor abdicated.” McPherson v. Blacker, 146 U.S. 1, 34-35 (1892).
In the four subject states, the legislatures did enact detailed rules and procedures by which those states were to determine their electors. However, as explained in our amicus brief, in the months preceding the 2020 election, those well-established rules and procedures were deliberately changed by a variety of other officials, including governors, secretaries of state, election officials, judges, and private parties.
That usurpation of the legislatures’ sole authority, delegated by the Constitution, was a primary reason why the election of 2020 became riddled with an unprecedented number of serious allegations of fraud and irregularities. National polls indicate a large percentage of Americans now have serious doubts about not just the outcome of the current presidential contest, but also the future reliability of our election system itself. We share these grave concerns. However, as it pertains to our constitutional duty as Members of Congress on January 6, we have no express authority or ability to independently prove the many allegations of fraud in the subject states.
Still, we are faced with a seminal legal question. Since we are convinced the election laws in certain states were changed in an unconstitutional manner, the slates of electors produced under those modified laws are thus unconstitutional, not "regularly given" or "lawfully certified" as required by the Electoral Count Act of 1887 (codified as 3 U.S.C. §§ 1, et seq.), and are invalid on their face. Given these inescapable facts, we believe we have no choice but to vote to sustain objections to those slates of electors.
Some of our friends and colleagues have cited the Twelfth Amendment (and Article II, Section 1, Clause 3) and asserted that Congress has only one narrow role in the presidential election process: to merely count the electoral votes that have been submitted by the states. Yet our friends have overlooked a critical, first principle. Their assertion is only true so long as Congress is first convinced those electoral votes were not produced by a process that violated the strict provision of Article II, Section 1, Clause 2.
In our unique system, Congress is positioned as the last bulwark in a presidential election to ensure the Constitution has been followed. Indeed, just two decades ago, the Supreme Court plainly acknowledged this important deliberative role of Congress.
In Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Bd., 531 U.S. 70, 77 (2000), all nine justices noted that strict adherence to the provisions of the Electoral Count Act may “create[] a ‘safe harbor’ for a State insofar as congressional consideration of its electoral votes is concerned.” However, the unanimous Court cautioned: “Since [3 U.S.C.] § 5 contains a principle of federal law that would assure finality of the State's determination if made pursuant to a state law in effect before the election, a legislative wish [by a state court] to take advantage of the ‘safe harbor’ would counsel against any construction of the [state’s] Election Code that Congress might deem to be a change in the law.” Id. (emphasis added).
Eight days later, in their concurring opinion in Bush, et al. v. Gore, et al., 531 U.S. 98, 113 (2000), Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, reiterated that “[a] significant departure from the legislative scheme for appointing Presidential electors presents a federal constitutional question” regarding the “application of Art. II, §1, cl. 2.” By its clear language, they affirmed, only state legislatures, and not state courts or any other officials, are constitutionally authorized to determine the manner by which presidential electors are selected.
That is why, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg explained in her dissent (on other issues), although the Electoral Count Act identifies significant dates in the process of ascertaining and counting presidential electors, “none of these dates has ultimate significance in light of Congress' detailed provisions for determining, on ‘the sixth day of January,’ the validity of electoral votes. [3 U.S.C.] § 15.” Id. at 144.
When an objection is duly presented, Members of Congress may draw their own individual conclusions as they determine the validity of the electoral votes at issue—but, in light of the plain language of the Constitution, the Electoral Count Act, and the per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court, it simply cannot be said that we are not charged with the full responsibility of making such a determination.
In previous presidential elections, our House Democrat colleagues have often agreed. Indeed, stating a variety of concerns, they have presented objections during the electoral count of each Republican president over the last 20 years. In 2005, when a Senator joined a House Members’ objection to the electoral votes cast in the State of Ohio citing voting irregularities, 31 House Democrats ultimately voted to reject Ohio’s slate of electors.
Our extraordinary republic has endured for nearly two and a half centuries based on the consent of the governed. That consent is grounded in the confidence of our people in the legitimacy of our institutions of government. Among our most fundamental institutions is the system of free and fair elections we rely upon, and any erosion in that foundation jeopardizes the stability of our republic.
We understand that our support of objections in the joint session may not be sustained by a majority of both houses of Congress. Our oath, nonetheless, is to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States,” and to “bear true faith and allegiance to the same.” Taking this action today will not undermine our beleaguered institutions, as some critics charge, but rather reinforce and defend them. Our support of objections will not diminish the value of the vote of any individual citizen, but rather protect that value, by ensuring the Constitution is followed and by restoring the confidence of all Americans that the rule of law will be upheld today, and our elections in the future will remain secured.
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The statement was signed by Representatives Mike Johnson (LA-04), Robert Aderholt (AL-04), Rick Allen (GA-12), Jodey Arrington (TX-19), Brian Babin (TX-36), Jim Banks (IN-03), Mike Bost (IL-12), Jerry Carl (AL-01), Ben Cline (VA-06), Jeff Duncan (SC-03), Scott Franklin (FL-15), H. Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Diana Harshbarger (TN-01), Vicky Hartzler (MO-04), Richard Hudson (NC-08), Ronny Jackson (TX-13), John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Barry Loudermilk (GA-11), Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Markwayne Mullin (OK-02), Gregory F. Murphy, M.D. (NC-03), Gary Palmer (AL-06), Dan Meuser (PA-09), Burgess Owens (UT-04), Bill Posey (FL-08), David Rouzer (NC-07), John Rutherford (FL-04), Adrian Smith (NE-03), Jason Smith (MO-08), W. Gregory Steube (FL-17), Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Tim Walberg (MI-07), Michael Waltz (FL-06), Randy Weber (TX-14), Daniel Webster (FL-11), and Joe Wilson (SC-02).
Read VP Mike Pence's statement on the Electoral College votes #8NN https://t.co/ydAF9Wezwy
— 8 News NOW (@8NewsNow) January 6, 2021
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2021
BREAKING: Trump releases video from the White House as protesters storm the U.S. Capitol building.
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) January 6, 2021
WATCH: https://t.co/VzljPFMLFJ
Here's Ashli Babbitt, the unarmed young woman shot and killed today, presumably by police, during a protest at the Capitol. She's an Air Force veteran with 14 years service from San Diego.
— Chris Buskirk (@thechrisbuskirk) January 7, 2021
This is who @ewerickson wanted shot today. He got his wish. Happy now Erick? pic.twitter.com/v5kmh0zyma
Not cowards. https://t.co/aTwkK8NM0Y
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) January 7, 2021
Right 👇 and for our lawmakers to actually care more about the people they represent than themselves https://t.co/7S1tkfHCVy
— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) January 17, 2021
