Outgoing President Donald Trump continues to double down on his lies that widespread election fraud coordinated by Democrats tipped the 2020 presidential election to President-elect Joe Biden.
Trump's own Justice Department found no evidence of fraud that could've changed the outcome of the election. His own election security officials touted this year's election as "the most secure in U.S. history." Every state has certified its results and cast its electoral votes. Trump has repeatedly lost every effort to overturn the results through litigation.
Nevertheless, a number of Republican congressmembers have vowed to object to congressional certification on January 6, when Vice President Mike Pence will oversee a joint session of Congress for acknowledgment of the results.
But with so many Republican lawmakers seeking to invalidate the election due to so-called fraud, their logic forces questions about the integrity of their own elections.
Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) highlighted this dissonance on Sunday, when he announced his objection to the seating of representatives from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—Trump's primary targets of election fraud lies.
Interestingly enough, Roy was the former Chief of Staff to Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), who's spearheading the effort to overturn presidential election results in the Senate.
Roy said it would "confound reason" for Republican congressional victories to go unscrutinized while the presidential election's integrity was called into question.
Today, I objected to the seating of my colleagues from six states: AZ, GA, MI, NV, PA, and WI.
It would confound reason if the presidential results of these states were to face objection while the congressional results of the same process escaped public scrutiny. pic.twitter.com/VzmafDSsT7
— Rep. Chip Roy (@RepChipRoy) January 3, 2021
I believe our body should vote on the certification of those members to ensure the integrity of the House of Representatives is guarded from all suspicion of illegitimacy.
— Rep. Chip Roy (@RepChipRoy) January 3, 2021
While the Constitution and the 12th Amendment do not make Congress the judge of the states' presidential electors, it does require us to be the arbiters of the elections to this body.
— Rep. Chip Roy (@RepChipRoy) January 3, 2021
If the electors for the office of the president were not in question, neither would be the election certificates of my colleagues present here today.
— Rep. Chip Roy (@RepChipRoy) January 3, 2021
The father of our country, George Washington, famously called the Constitution — which his wisdom helped craft and guide to fruition — “the guide which I never will abandon."
We owe it the same fidelity in this case and all others.
— Rep. Chip Roy (@RepChipRoy) January 3, 2021
While Democrats won the presidential election, they faced steeper hurdles in the congressional elections. Democrats lost seats in the House of Representatives and the two runoff elections in Georgia this week will determine whether the party gains a functional majority in the Senate.
Critics of Trump's voter fraud lies frequently ask, if Democrats orchestrated election fraud as Trump claims, why they wouldn't grant themselves a majority in the House and Senate as well.
Roy's move reinforced this point, and Twitter supported it.
🔥EXACTLY. These @GOP traitors *cannot* challenge the results of the 2020 election for Trump, yet accept their own victories.#GOPSeditiousTraitors #GOPSedition #TrumpTapes #TrumpTreason https://t.co/EEKza3pt0D
— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) January 3, 2021
Excellent work. He's exposing the farce. https://t.co/V3lQiyv6fe
— David French (@DavidAFrench) January 4, 2021
Kudos to GOP @RepChipRoy for trying to stop the seating of House members from states where Trump allies say there is fraud.
After all, if the presidential votes in those states are tainted, then so are the congressional votes
Credit where credit is due. This was clever https://t.co/iWUQoTgCnZ
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) January 4, 2021
I may disagree with @RepChipRoy on a lot of things, but I do appreciate someone who calls the charade out for what it is. https://t.co/ayenaXKc2G
— Drew Kennedy (@dk_music) January 4, 2021
Totally agree. They cannot have it both ways. https://t.co/zJP0TtcKMQ
— Mo 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@minicooper2118) January 4, 2021
Well played @RepChipRoy, well played sir. @ProjectLincoln https://t.co/XFXrOHhKBq
— Bennett Ratliff (@BennettRatliff) January 4, 2021
People were surprised to find themselves agreeing with him.
It always makes me shiver when I agree with a cretinous villain but here it is https://t.co/75E6cSnXH1
— Tsar Czar Binks, under your tree. (@SleepyHead_band) January 4, 2021
Never thought I'd say this, but I agree with @chiproytx here.
If you think there were problems with the election, then all the races including the ones you won, should be up to question. https://t.co/QPQsc4oOAw
— Jay B Sauceda (@jaybsauceda) January 4, 2021
Amen!
And I agree with almost nothing that Rep Roy supports.
Except our democracy. https://t.co/0oNjFEwGJt
— so fly 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🏳️🌈 (@no_whining) January 4, 2021
One thing is for certain: January 6th is going to be an eventful day in American politics.
