Replace, Jan. 2, 2020, 1:07 p.m. ET: Sens. Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson, James Lankford, Steve Daines, John Kennedy, Marsha Blackburn, Mike Braun, Cynthia Lummis, Roger Marshall, Invoice Hagerty, and
Tommy Tuberville have launched a joint statement confirming their plans to throw a tantrum on Wednesday.
It was an excessive amount of to hope for that 2021 would deliver a quiet, routine certification of the Electoral Faculty’s affirmation that Joe Biden received the presidency, adopted by a peaceable switch of energy.
Based on Axios, a cadre of senators—led, after all, by Sen. Ted Cruz—plan to announce immediately that they may object to Wednesday’s certification of the Electoral Faculty outcomes. Sens. Mike Braun of Indiana and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee are reportedly concerned, together with incoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Senator-elect Tommy Tuberville of Alabama have additionally mentioned they’re contemplating comparable motion. All of this comes on the heels of Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley’s announcement final week that he plans to object.
It’s probably that this may quantity to little greater than a collective hissy match thrown by Republicans who refuse to simply accept the desire of the bulk. If nothing else, their stunt guarantees a really lengthy day on Wednesday—as Axios explains:
Any member can elevate an objection. If each a consultant and a senator object to a person state’s end result, members of the Home and Senate head to their separate chambers to debate and vote on whether or not to uphold the problem. Every vote may take as much as two hours.