Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Wednesday, became the first senator to publicly declare and commit to objecting the certification of the presidential election results when a joint session of Congress meets on January 6 to certify Joe Biden’s 306-232 alleged Electoral College victory over President Donald Trump.
“I cannot vote to certify the electoral college results on January 6 without raising the fact that some states, particularly Pennsylvania, failed to follow their own state election laws,” Senator Hawley wrote in a statement.
Senator Josh Hawley also charged, “I cannot vote to certify without pointing out the unprecedented effort of mega corporations, including Facebook and Twitter, to interfere in this election, in support of Joe Biden. At the very least, Congress should investigate allegations of voter fraud and adopt measures to secure the integrity of our elections. But Congress has so far failed to act.”
He further pointed out that “following both the 2004 and 2016 elections, Democrats in Congress objected during the certification of electoral votes in order to raise concerns about election integrity. They were praised by Democratic leadership and the media when they did. And they were entitled to do so. But now those of us concerned about the integrity of this election are entitled to do the same.”
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), who is leading efforts against the Electoral College’s vote for Joe Biden, responded to the Hawley’s announcement on Twitter, expressing, SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY (R-MO) JOINS 30+ CONGRESSMEN IN OBJECTING to electoral college vote submissions from states with such flawed election systems as to render their election results untrustworthy.”
“BAM! The fight for America’s Republic IS ON! WATCH JANUARY 6, STARTING 1PM ET,” Rep. Brooks proclaimed. Continued Below
Senator Josh Hawley’s official announcement:
Millions of voters concerned about election integrity deserve to be heard. I will object on January 6 on their behalf pic.twitter.com/kTaaPPJGHE
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) December 30, 2020
Rep. Mo Brook’s response:
SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY (R-MO) JOINS 30+ CONGRESSMEN IN OBJECTING to electoral college vote submissions from states with such flawed election systems as to render their election results untrustworthy.
BAM! The fight for America’s Republic IS ON!
WATCH JANUARY 6, STARTING 1PM ET. pic.twitter.com/vjcUW9ec6U
— Mo Brooks (@RepMoBrooks) December 30, 2020
Meanwhile, Senator Hawley after his announcement, responded to Walmart after they criticized the Missouri Senator’s decision to object on January 6. Walmart on Twitter Wednesday, tweeted in response to Senator Hawley, “Go ahead. Get your 2 hour debate. #soreloser”.
The Missouri senator replied: “Thanks @Walmart for your insulting condescension. Now that you’ve insulted 75 million Americans, will you at least apologize for using slave labor?”
Senator Hawley added: “Or maybe you’d like to apologize for the pathetic wages you pay your workers as you drive mom and pop stores out of business”.
Or maybe you’d like to apologize for the pathetic wages you pay your workers as you drive mom and pop stores out of business
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) December 30, 2020
While Senator Hawley is the first Republican senator to announce he will object to the certification, Senator-elect Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) could potentially join their colleague from Missouri.
