Trump Joins Party to Object Electoral College Results in Congress Meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump addressed 300 state legislators on Saturday in a Zoom conference meeting on Saturday in a Zoom conference meeting.
The legislators were from Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
The conference meeting was hosted by a non-profit election integrity watchdog group Got Freedom?, according to a Breitbart News report.
The non-profit organization has been urging those lawmakers to review evidence that the election process in their states were unlawful, as well as consider decertifying the results of the November presidential election.
Trump was in the call for 15 minutes.
He was invited to speak by Rudy Giuliani, who was the previous New York City mayor.
Giuliani current serves as the president's personal attorney.
The group released a statement after the call, saying that they conducted the executive national briefing to review the evidence of irregularities and lawlessness in the 2020 presidential election.
Got Freedom? also noted that a similar beefing is scheduled in Washington, D.C. at the request of Members of Congress.
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Objection to Electoral College Results
Some Republicans plan to reject presidential electors from states that they considered disputed. This if the Congress does not create a commission to investigate their claims of fraud.
Vice President Mike Pence has supported on Saturday night the effort, which was triggered by baseless allegation of voter fraud, according to an NPR report.
The lawmakers are the latest Republicans to oppose President-elect Biden's certification of Electoral College victory. The move will not alter Biden's road to presidency.
However, this will draw out a normally routine process.
Several senators issued a joint statement on Saturday claiming allegations of voter fraud, lax enforcement of election law, and other voting irregularities.
These senators were Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Mike Braun of Indiana, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Steve Daines of Montana, and John Kennedy of Louisiana.
The statement urges for the creation of an electoral commission, which will have an authority on full investigation and fact funding, as well as to do an emergency 10-day audit of the election results in the disputed states.
"Accordingly, we intend to vote on January 6 to reject the electors from disputed states as not 'regularly given' and 'lawfully certified' (the statutory requisite), unless and until that emergency 10-day audit is completed," the statement was quoted on a report.
Related story: Electoral College Gives Biden a Solid Majority, Confirming Win
Confirm the Legitimacy of The Allegations
Meanwhile, Rep. Chip Roy of Texas on Sunday required his GOP colleagues to vote to affirm the legitimacy of the down-ballot election results in key states that they plan to challenge.
Roy said that if voter fraud in those states had changed the results of the presidential vote then it would cast doubt on the outcome of House races as well, according to a Forbes report.
Roy said that the representatives were voted through the same systems and procedures, which they are currently questioning.
More than 140 House Republicans are expected to join with at least a dozen GOP senators to object certifying Biden's electoral votes in each of those states.
Trump has baselessly claimed that those were won through widespread voter fraud.
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