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On Wednesday, Congress will meet to formally certify the Electoral College’s approval of the election, which Biden won with 306 delegates to Donald Trump’s 232.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Biden on the victory and warned his colleagues not to continue to question the outcome of the election.
On Saturday, however, Cruz and ten others announced that they would vote against the electoral delegates of some states, unless Congress appoints a commission to conduct an urgent review of the election results.
It is also believed that the latest attempt to undermine the election result was stillborn, and Biden will, after all, be installed as the next president of the United States on January 20.
Split match
But Trump’s refusal to acknowledge defeat and his attempt to undermine voters has created deep divisions among Republicans.
Saturday’s announcement is signed by seven sitting senators, including Josh Hawley of Missouri, who launched the initiative for the first time, and four incoming senators. They claim that “accusations of cheating and irregularities in the 2020 elections exceed everything in our lives.”
When Congress meets, it will demand the establishment of a special commission to carry out a 10-day “urgent review” of election results in “disputed states.” The eleven recognize that they probably will not be able to change the outcome of the elections.
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Allegations of widespread cheating have been rejected by both the United States Attorney General, the country’s National Election Commission, foreign election observers, and state authorities. Trump has not provided proof of the allegations.
Additionally, a Republican in the House of Representatives, Louie Gohmert, has announced a plan to oppose Biden’s approval. More than 100 Republicans in the House will apparently support the initiative, according to the US media.
Trump is the first incumbent president in nearly 30 years to lose a reelection. Trump and his allies have filed around 50 demands to change the official election results. Almost all of the lawsuits have been rejected or rejected in the court system.
Pence and squeeze
Trump also lost two judgments in the United States Supreme Court. However, the outgoing president has continued to pressure Republican elected officials to continue promoting the accusations of illegal cheating.
It has continued since the Electoral College achieved Biden’s victory in December, and all that remains is formal approval of the count by Congress before a new president is sworn in.
Vice President Mike Pence has a ceremonial role as the leader of Wednesday’s joint session of Congress and has ended amid the controversy that is now raging in the party.
Will empower Pence
The vice president has been sued by a group of Republicans who believe Pence should have the power to reverse the outcome. A Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas dismissed the lawsuit on New Year’s Day.
It was Republican Congressman Gohmert and a group of Republican voters from Arizona who sued. They believed that Pence should be given the opportunity to choose which electoral votes to count when the next president of the United States is formally appointed by Congress next week.
The background was the vice president’s role as head of the Senate. But this argument did not convince the judge.
Pressure at home
Neither Pence himself nor the United States Department of Justice. Indeed, Pence was sued by his own fellow party members, and the ministry, which represented him in the case, claimed that the lawsuit was directed against the wrong person.
On Wednesday, Pence’s performance will be followed with an eye toward what is usually a routine session. As elected officials gather, rallies in support of Trump are planned, which the outgoing president has encouraged in the capital.
Several Republicans have indicated that they are under pressure from voters at home to show that they are fighting for Trump in his unfounded fight to stay in the White House.
There is also speculation whether Cruz, Hawley and Pence are considering running for president in 2024.
