Two House Republicans tell CNN that they expect at least 140 House Republicans to vote against the ballot

Two House Republicans tell CNN that they expect at least 140 House Republicans to vote against the ballot

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President Donald Trump’s Republican allies have virtually no chance of changing the outcome, only to postpone Biden’s inevitable confirmation as the election college winner and the next president by a few hours.

There were no credible allegations about any issues with the vote that would affect the election, as confirmed by dozens of judges, governors, election officials, the Electoral College, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Supreme Court. But Trump is determined to claim he has not lost – which he has lost significantly – and many GOP politicians share his delusion or fear of provoking his anger – even if it means voting to undermine democracy.

Both a member of the House and a senator must object when Congress counts the votes. Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri said Wednesday he will object, which will force lawmakers in the House as well as the Senate to vote on whether to accept the results of Biden’s victory. Other senators – including incoming ones – could still participate in the effort, which Senate leader Mitch McConnell has privately urged Republicans not to do.

Trump has urged Congress to try to reverse the election result because the campaign’s attempts to block the election by the courts have been repeatedly rejected.

Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse spoke out against the strategy – and the complicity of some of his GOP colleagues – in a Facebook message Wednesday night urging Republicans to “reject” the attempt to object to the certification process.

“The president and his allies are playing with fire,” he wrote. “They have asked – first the courts, then the legislators of the state, now the Congress – to overthrow the results of a presidential election. They have unsuccessfully appealed to judges and called on federal officials to invalidate millions and millions of votes. “If you make big claims, you have to have the evidence better. But the president does not and neither do the institutional arsonists of Congress who will object to the Electoral College.”

Among the more than a dozen members of the Republican House who have already publicly said they will vote against it next week are representatives Mo Brooks of Alabama, who is leading the effort, Jody Hice of Georgia, Jeff From Drew of New Jersey and Joe Wilson of South Carolina.

The group includes eight Republican lawmakers from Pennsylvania, who announced their intentions in a joint statement earlier Thursday.

Several incoming members of the Republican House also said they would object to the certification process, including the election Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee.

This story has been updated with additional information.

CNN’s Devan Cole, Nicky Robertson, Jeremy Herb, Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox contributed to this report.

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