Democrats lined up to rebuke Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and his newly-announced coalition of GOP senators that plan to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The group is calling for a “10-day audit” of the results after “unprecedented allegations of voter fraud, violations and lax enforcement of election law, and other voting irregularities.”
By any measure, the allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election exceed any in our lifetimes,” the coalition said in a statement.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reiterated his position multiple times on Saturday:
Amy Klobuchar said Republicans need to “get a grip” because the election results have been “certified.”
“With all due respect to my Republican colleagues in the Senate who are doing this: can you please get a grip? Election officials across the country, including Republican Governors, have certified these results. This is embarrassing.”
What Klobuchar fails to mention, however, is that once the states certify their election results it then goes to Congress. Congress then decides whether or not to certify the results. In order for the results to be challenged, one congressman and one senator must step forward. So far we have 13 senators – including Cruz’s coalition plus Sen. Josh Hawley – and roughly 140 members in the House of Representatives. That threshold will be met.
She added: “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be inaugurated on January 20th and no publicity stunt will change that.”
Richard Blumenthal slammed the move, calling it a “pathetic, opportunistic stunt” that is “unconscionable.”
“This pathetic, opportunistic stunt is an attack on our democracy. It’s un-American & unconscionable. Votes have been counted, recounted, certified, & all challenges totally discredited. Time to govern & get things done.”
“As a pandemic & economic crisis ravage our nation, anti-democratic Members of Congress seek to overthrow a lawful election. Have they no sense of decency? Or shame? Their legacy will be a vile & vitriolic self-serving stunt.” he said.
Twice failed presidential candidate Bernie Sanders vowed to keep Republicans from being successful at “undermin[ing] American democracy.”
“It is a sad and tragic day for our country that 140 members of the House of Representatives, 13 senators and a defeated president are attempting to undermine American democracy and our Constitution. They will not succeed.” he said.
Progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called the GOP senators’ actions as an “incredibly dangerous precedent.”
“These Senators are engaged in a selfish attempt to shred our Constitution and dismantle our democracy. In doing so, they are also baselessly challenging the same ballots sending them to Congress. It is pathetic, and yet the precedent they are setting is incredibly dangerous.”
Another member of the Squad, Rashida Tlaib, named a handful of battleground states that have been certified.
“It’s over,” the congresswoman concluded.
Eric Swalwell made a list of so-called “enemies of democracy,” which included the list of Republican senators who joined Cruz.
This is an excerpt from TownHall.
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