On Saturday, 11 Republican Senators said that they would challenge Biden’s Presidential Election win.
The 11 Republicans justified their plans by claiming that the election “featured unprecedented allegations of voter fraud, violations and lax enforcement of election law, and other voting irregularities.
The group is Led by Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who in a statement said that they will vote against the certification of electors from states where US President Donald Trump has disputed Democrat Joe Biden’s win in the November election.
“We intend to vote on Jan. 6 to reject the electors from disputed states as not ‘regularly given’ and ‘lawfully certified’ (the statutory requisite), unless and until (an) emergency 10-day audit is completed,”
The moves are expected to simply draw out the certification process.
Trump, with the support of many congressional Republicans, has been promoting unfounded claims that the election was rigged against him, but has provided no proof that swayed any court to his side.
The US Electoral College has voted to confirm Biden as the next president, while some Republicans have also recently acknowledged the Democrat’s win after weeks of allowing Trump to spread false claims of widespread voter fraud.
Congress is mandated to certify the results on Wednesday before Biden is inaugurated on January 20.
