Reports state that Senator Ted Cruz and Senator Marsha Blackburn, along with the first to state an objection to electoral certification – Senator Josh Hawley – will object to certification of the electoral college unless an emergency audit is conducted.
GOP senators, led by Cruz, to object to Electoral College certification, demand emergency audit | Fox News https://t.co/t0RRwhpLJn
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 2, 2021
Senator Blackburn tweeted earlier this evening that she “in good conscience” cannot turn a “blind eye” to the countless allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. She said she would vote in favor of objecting to the certification of the electoral college results.
I cannot in good conscience turn a blind eye to the countless allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. On January 6, I will vote in favor of objecting to the certification of the electoral college results.https://t.co/khIRQw6YLJ
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) January 2, 2021
Earlier it was announced that ten Senators would object to the electoral college results – that number now is at eleven:
Senators Cruz, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Steve Daines of Montana, John Kennedy of Louisiana, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Mike Braun of Indiana, as well as Senators-elect Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, and Roger Marshall of Kansas.
