Graham: Electoral College challenges ” political evasion ”

Sen. Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamGrammel money McConnell: 000 payments ‘not socialism’ Congress dominates Trump’s veto for the first time Bill to increase checks on K is blocked for the third day in the Senate MORE (RS.C.), one of President TrumpDonald Trump’s appeal court rejects Gohmert’s election lawsuit against Pence governor Kentucky calls vandalism to McConnell’s house ‘unacceptable’ Pence ‘welcomes legislators’ efforts to raise ‘objections’ to election college results MORE‘s closest allies, on Sunday pushed back an attempt to challenge the results of the presidential election by GOP senators and elected senators as an unrealistic ‘political evasion’.

Eleven GOP senators led by Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward Cruz Romney: Plan the election ” bad gimmick ‘that’ dangerously threatens’ the country ‘Toomey and Murkowski’ to oppose the GOP’s attempt to challenge the outcome of the election. (R-Texas) said on Saturday a commission should be set up to investigate the election the president-elect won. Joe BidenJoe Biden Court of Appeal Rejects Gohmert’s Election Case Against Pence Romney: Plans to Challenge Election’s ‘Bad Gimmick’ Possiting ‘Dangerously Landed Land’.

They met at Sen. Josh HawleyJoshua (Josh) David Hawley Romney: Plans to challenge a serious election ploy that threatens ‘country’ dangerously ‘Pence’ welcomes ‘legislators’ efforts to raise ‘objections’ to the outcome of the election campaign. (R-Mo.) By saying that they would dispute the outcome of the election.

‘Proposing a commission on this late date – which has no chance of becoming a reality – is not fighting effectively for President Trump. It appears to be more of a political evasion than an effective means, ‘Graham tweeted on Sunday with an Fox News article about Cruz and others’ attempt to set up an election commission to cast the ballot in controversial states. to audit.

Graham tweeted that he was looking forward to hearing Cruz’s objections, Sens. Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron) Harold Johnson Senate Democrats reprimand GOP colleagues who say they will act against the outcome of the election college against the outcome of the election college. government continues to vaccinate coronavirus 11 Senate Republicans say they will take MORE action against Electoral College results on Wednesday (R-Wis.), Steve DainesSteven (Steve) David Daines Senate Democrats Rebuke GOP Colleagues Saying They Will Act Against Electoral College 11 Senate Republicans Say They Will Act Against Electoral College Wednesday Biden asks the nation ‘in 2021’ to unite, heal and rebuild ‘ (R-Mont.), Marsha BlackburnMarsha Blackburn Senate Democrats reprimand GOP colleagues who say they will act against the election college result. 11 Republicans of the Senate say they will be against the result of the election college. (R-Tenn.), Mike BraunMichael Braun Senate Democrats reprimand GOP colleagues who say they will oppose Electoral College results 11 Senate Republicans say they will oppose Electoral College results Wednesday Congress overrides Trump’s veto for the first time MORE (R-Ind.) And others, however, warned: “They will have to provide evidence of the charges they are making.”

In a follow-up statement circulated to the media, Graham said his colleagues’ must provide clear and convincing evidence that the failure to act – in the state as well as the federal courts and the legislative states that have investigated these allegations – was made wrong. . “

He also said that GOP colleagues challenging election votes should show that “the failure to take corrective action to address the electoral fraud has changed the outcome of these states’ votes and ultimately the outcome of the election.”

“They have a high beam to clean,” he added.

Graham was an early ally of Trump’s polling of key states in key states and contacted Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) in November to find out more about how his state confirms the authenticity of ballot papers.

Hawley was the first Republican senator to announce his intention to object to the election votes for Biden in controversial swing states. However, he did not sign a letter, and Cruz and ten other Republicans released on Saturday called for a special commission to be set up to audit the outcome of the 2020 election.

In a letter circulated Saturday, Cruz and his allies called for a commission to be appointed to conduct a ten-day emergency audit and to give individual states the opportunity to convene a special legislative session to cast their votes. to confirm or change.

Graham is the youngest Republican senator to warn against attempts to cast the ballot at Electoral College on Jan. 6, when the Senate and House meet in a joint sitting.

Sen. Pat ToomeyPatrick (Pat) Joseph Toomey’s government used the Patriot Act to collect visitor files on the site in 2019. The Court of Appeals ruled that the NSA’s collection of telephone data illegally withdraws Dunford from the chair of the Coronavirus surveillance panel. (R-Pa.), Who is retiring at the end of 2022 and whose home state of Pennsylvania is one of five states facing his election votes, issued a strong statement on Saturday announcing his intention to oppose Cruz’s attempt to resist.

“I voted for President Trump and re-elected him. “But on Wednesday, I intend to vigorously defend our form of government by opposing this attempt to deny millions of voters in my state and others,” he said.

Sen. Lisa MurkowskiLisa Ann Murkowski Romney: Plans to Challenge a Serious Ploy of the Election That ‘Land’ Toomey, Murkowski, ‘Dangerously Threatened’ to Oppose the GOP’s Challenge to Election Results. 11 Republicans of the Senate say they will oppose the results of the election college results Wednesday MORE (R-Alaska) also issued a statement on Saturday stating that it would vote to confirm the outcome of the 2020 election and called on colleagues to do the same.

“I will vote to confirm the presidential election in 2020,” she said. “The courts and legislators of the state have all complied with their duty to hear legitimate allegations and have found nothing that justifies reversing the results,” she said.

“I call on my colleagues from both parties to acknowledge this and to maintain with me the confidence in the Electoral College and our election, so that we can ensure the continued confidence of the American people,” she added.