The editorial board of the Wall Street Journal published a scathing opinion on Sunday condemning the Republican “trick” to answering the president-elect Joe Biden
Joe BidenCotton breaks with Conservative colleagues who will oppose Trump’s vote count to award the Nunes Medal of Freedom: According to Hogan, lawmakers’ “plan” to overturn election results “mocks our system” MOREThe victory of the Electoral College, which warns that the measure could cause lasting damage to the country and the party.
“The Electoral College gambit will not work this week because House Democrats will not continue, but imagine if Republicans ran the House and did. Eighty-one million Americans voted in favor of the House. “Mr. Biden would be deprived of a inside information plan. The political response would be volcanic, and it’s understandable,” the editors wrote.
More than 100 members of the House and at least 12 senators said they would formally oppose the Electoral College count on Wednesday, citing the 1887 Electoral Count Act.
The newspaper’s editorial board called the Republican attempt “unconstitutional,” saying the law does not give Congress “the ability to guess” the decision of state voters.
“By extending this law for a partisan exercise, Republicans are also giving Democrats more ammunition to use in their campaign to topple the Electoral College in favor of a direct popular vote,” he wrote. “That’s the fire Republicans are playing with, regardless of their political calculation.”
The board noted that two of the Republican senators at the helm of the charge, Senator. Josh Hawley
Joshua (Josh) David HawleyCotton breaks with Conservative colleagues who will oppose the counting of election votes McCarthy says he supports efforts to challenge Electoral School results GOP senators face criticism over challenges to the voting of the Electoral School MORE (Mo.) and Sen. Ted Cruz
Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzCotton breaks with Conservative colleagues who will oppose the counting of electoral votes GOP senators face criticism after polling station voting challenges The bipartisan group of senators: elections they have finished MORE (Texas), are considered potential candidates for the 2024 presidency.
“But the cost of this showboating will be more political cynicism, and a precedent that Democrats are sure to exploit after some upcoming upcoming election,” the editors wrote.
The attempt is also a “terrible political strategy” to return the Republican party to power in four years, they added.
“By pleasing Mr. Trump, Republicans are helping him split the party and stay as a possible king. This could hurt what should be his very good chance to get the House back in 2022,” he wrote. board. “As for 2024, good luck trying to woo their support. He could run again for the candidacy or, if he lost, run out of time as a third candidate and secure the victory of Kamala Harris
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The “main culprit” behind the move is President Trump
Donald Trump Cotton breaks with Conservative colleagues who will oppose Trump’s vote count to award the Nunes Medal of Freedom: According to Hogan, lawmakers’ “plan” to overturn election results “mocks our system.” MONTH, according to the magazine’s editors, “who refuses to accept responsibility for the defeat” even after courts across the country have rejected attempts by his lawyers to challenge the results.
“We recall that he also claimed that the result of the Iowa caucus was stolen in 2016 when he lost to Ted Cruz,” the board wrote. “He is now giving daily rounds on conspiracy theories and electoral falsities Twitter. He doesn’t seem to care how bad he does in promoting the myth of his victory. The damage is spreading as Mr. Trump puts pressure on other Republicans to take on his lost cause. “
The editorial board concluded by noting that there was some “good news” in the debacle – Republicans advocating “proper constitutional conservatism.”
“It simply came to our notice then Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellCotton breaks with Conservative colleagues who will oppose election counting McCarthy says he supports effort to challenge election university results Senate will swear in six new lawmakers as 117th Congress convenes MORE (R-Ky.), John Thune
John Randolph ThuneCotton breaks with Conservative colleagues who will oppose the counting of election votes Senate Democrats reprimand GOP comrades who say they will oppose the results of the Senate Electoral College 11 Republicans say they will oppose to the results of the Electoral College on Wednesday MORE (RS.D), Ben Sasse
Ben SasseGOP senators face criticism over voting challenges at Electoral College Cruz says people accusing him of sedition must “calm” Toomey and Murkowski to oppose effort of the GOP to challenge election results MORE (R-Neb.) Roger Wicker
Roger Frederick WickerBipartisan Senators Group: Elections Are Over Southwest Airlines Says They Won’t Reach Workers After Trump Signs Relief Bill Former Mississippi Governor William Winter Dies at 97 MORE (R-Miss.), Mr. (Pat) Toomey (R-Pa.), Among others, who appear willing to support the election result as advised by the Constitution. His votes this week will be even better in the light of history. “