It’s on Trump… 12 Republican Senators “Opposite Biden’s Election Confirmation”

Twelve US Republican senators said they would not recognize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory at a joint Senate and House meeting on the 6th. [AFP=연합뉴스]

Republican lawmakers supporting President Donald Trump attempt a final counterattack ahead of the process of confirming the victory of President-elect Joe Biden.

On the 2nd, 11 Republican senators and senators-elect, including Senator Ted Cruz, announced on the 2nd that they would oppose President-elect Biden’s certification of victory during a joint Senate-Household meeting held in Congress on the 6th.

As there are more Republican lawmakers acknowledging Biden’s victory, major local media estimates that it is difficult to overturn the results at the meeting. However, in Washington, DC on that day, supporters of President Trump have foreshadowed a large-scale election protest rally, and extreme confusion is expected.

Rep. Cruise and others said they would not accept the results of the elections in some states where President Trump had been defeated, and that they would vote against the election results if they were not audited.

In a statement, they said, “The parliament should immediately form an electoral committee to conduct an emergency audit of the election results in the state in which the dispute occurred for 10 days.” Must be approved.”

The joint Senate-Household meeting is the final gateway for the decision to elect the next president. At the meeting, lawmakers can challenge the results of the state elections vote, which Republican lawmakers expressed their intention to enforce this process. In the past, it was only a formal procedure, but when President Trump disapproved of the election results, Republican aides agreed to try all procedures prescribed by law.

Biden secured 306 electoral votes on the 14th of last month, surpassing President Trump, who secured 232 voters.

In the House of Representatives, at least 140 lawmakers did not admit the result and expressed their intention to oppose the election of Biden, Politico reported.

However, the possibility of a successful’rebellion’ is not high. House leader Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, said he was opposed to raising an objection at the joint meeting. .

US Republican Senator Ted Cruz supported the Senate campaign in Georgia on the 2nd. He said he would not recognize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory at a joint meeting of the House of Representatives in the US Congress on the 6th. [AFP=연합뉴스]

Nevertheless, the local media analyzed that the intention of some lawmakers not to acknowledge the election results until the end was to solidify their political position. According to Politico, three of the senators who object to the confirmation of Biden’s election must hold elections in 2022. Congressman Cruise is mentioned as a major leader in 2024.

It is interpreted that there is a tendency to sympathize with Trump as it may fall from the party’s preliminary race if it is captured by the still strong Republican presidential supporters. In fact, President Trump tweeted that South Dakota Governor Christy Noham would go to the party in the 2022 election on behalf of Republican Senate Secretary John Thun, who insisted that Biden’s victory should be recognized.

On Twitter, President Trump retweeted an article about the Republican lawmakers’ attempted rebellion and expressed his gratitude to the lawmakers. The supporters were encouraging them to participate in protests protesting the decision of Biden’s victory. “A lot of evidence will come out on the 6th. We won big,” he said. However, Trump Camp’s demands for recounting and lawsuits against elections have been dismissed.

Washington = Correspondent Park Hyun-young [email protected]