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More Republicans in the United States Senate want to appeal the upcoming certification of the results of the presidential elections in Congress on January 6. Eleven Republican senators announced their intentions in a joint statement Saturday. They justified the plans with complaints of electoral fraud and alleged irregularities in voting in several states of the United States. The group demanded that Congress immediately form a commission to investigate the allegations urgently within ten days in order to have clarity before the new president’s inauguration on January 20. Otherwise, they may not be able to approve the results.
The group is led by Senator Ted Cruz, 59, of Texas, who is loyal to incumbent Republican President Donald Trump, 74. Several other Republicans in the group had only made the jump to the Senate in the November elections and will be sworn in on Sunday in the House constituent session.
Trump lost the elections in early November by a clear margin to his Democratic challenger Joe Biden (78). Yet Trump has so far refused to admit defeat. He claims that victory was stolen from him by massive fraud. Neither Trump nor his lawyers have provided any substantial evidence to back up these claims. So far, more than 50 lawsuits from Trump’s camp have been dismissed from the courts, including the United States Supreme Court. Trump has already asked his supporters several times for a large protest on January 6 in Washington.
Disruptive action is also controversial among Republicans
The state electorate confirmed Biden’s clear victory. In the next step of the formal procedure after an election, the House of Representatives and the Senate will meet in a joint session on Wednesday to read the votes of the states, count them and officially announce the final result. So it is official who has won the elections.
A group of Republican House representatives and Republican Senator Josh Hawley, 41, had previously announced that they would appeal the results of individual states that day. This allows them to force both houses of congress to withdraw to separate sessions to debate the objections and ultimately vote on whether or not to follow them. However, disruptive action should only lengthen the procedure. The project is highly controversial among Republicans.
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Trump-loyal lawyer calls for “firing squad” for Pence
Lin Wood, a conservative lawyer and ally of US President Trump, has requested on Twitter that Vice President Mike Pence (61) be brought before a “firing squad.”
Pence, who will preside over the election procedure on January 6, has been criticized by numerous Republicans for not publicly endorsing the president. Otherwise, confirmation in Congress would also be a question of form. Not so this year.
The lawyer has previously made numerous unsuccessful attempts to overturn the outcome of the presidential election and sparked a storm of outrage in the United States with his tweet. (kes / SDA)
