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A group of 11 Republican legislators in the US Senate announced that they will oppose the approval of the results of the presidential elections that resulted in the victory of Joe Biden, when Congress meets in both houses on Wednesday, January 6, to finally ratify the results.
Lawmakers led by prominent Senator Ted Cruz said in a joint statement Saturday that the presidential election, which Republican President Donald Trump lost, witnessed “allegations of fraud” and “illegal behavior.”
The statement added that “Congress must immediately appoint an electoral commission with full investigative and fact-finding powers, to conduct an emergency audit within 10 days after the results of the elections in the disputed states.”
Lawmakers, including newly elected members, said that “after the audit is completed, each of the states in question assesses the results of the commission’s work and may request a special legislative session to change their vote (at the electoral college) if required”.
In addition to this bloc, there are other Republicans who intend to raise objections during the last ratification session, including Senator Josh Hawley. Axios reported that both Cruz and Hawley are believed to be considering running for president in 2024.
Previously, CNN reported that two Republican lawmakers expected that at least 140 Republican members of the House of Representatives would vote against the approval of the electoral college votes on Wednesday.
Al-Jazeera’s Washington correspondent, Muhammad Al-Ahmad, said that these efforts may prolong ratification procedures by a few hours, as they require a hearing to discuss these objections.
But he made it clear that objections will ultimately fail, whether in the House of Representatives or even the Republican-controlled Senate, after party leaders acknowledged Trump’s defeat in the election, led by Sen. Mitch McConnell, the majority leader in the Senate.
The correspondent added that these objections will reveal the divide among Republicans and that their constituencies may be affected by it.
Trump calls for demonstrations
Earlier, outgoing US President Donald Trump promised that next Wednesday he would witness a massive demonstration in Washington, with evidence that he had won the election, he said.
Trump said, in a tweet on Twitter, that a large rally will take place in Washington on the sixth of this month, reiterating his request to stop what he called election theft.
In a second tweet, he said that a large amount of evidence will be presented that same day, showing that he won massively in the last elections.
Massive amounts of evidence will be presented on the 6th. We won, BIG! https://t.co/ymncRrNR5t
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2021
On the other hand, Trump attacked Republicans in the Senate who passed the defense budget bill and voted to override the presidential veto against it, accusing them of missing an opportunity to shed control of tech companies.
Trump also criticized them for rejecting his proposal to earmark $ 2,000 in aid for every American, instead of $ 600, as part of the financial stimulus package to recover from the Corona virus.
The US news site Politico described Trump’s attack on Republicans in the Senate as a problem for his party’s candidates in Georgia, as the state will witness a decisive second round that will determine the dominant alignment in the House.
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