Cotton calls on Senate Republicans to mislead supporters about election results

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His. Tom CottonTom Bryant CottonTrump acknowledges end of presidency after Congress certifies that Biden wins GOP senators blame Trump after crowd crowds over Capitol. Tom Cotton is asking Trump to admit “stop fooling the American people” MORE (R-Ark.) Call on Republican colleagues, including Sens. Josh HawleyJoshua (Josh) David HawleyCongress claims Biden victory after riots terrorize Capitol Congress rejects Arizona presidential vote challenge, Hawley, to still oppose Pennsylvania after Capitol violates MORE (Mo.) i Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzCongress claims Biden victory after riots terrorize Capitol Congress rejects challenge to Arizona presidential vote, Hawley, still opposing Pennsylvania after Capitol violates MORE (Texas), though not by name, to challenge the results of the 2020 election in a way that says it was misleading.

“Some senators, for political gain, misled supporters about their ability to challenge election results; some even sent fundraising emails as insurgents stormed the Capitol. This stops now: Republicans should focus on countering the radical Democratic agenda, “Cotton posted Thursday morning.

Cotton appeared to be referring to Hawley, his potential rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, whose campaign on Wednesday sent a fundraising email to promote his plan to oppose the election votes of Pennsylvania.

The email was sent shortly before a pro-Trump crowd stormed the U.S. Capitol, temporarily stopping the counting of the Electoral College vote and leaving the Capitol offices and hallways looted.

Cotton during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” said that “you have some senators who for political advantage gave false hopes to their supporters, deceiving them into thinking that somehow yesterday’s actions in Congress could reverse the results of elections, or even get some sort of emergency audit of election results ”.

“That would never happen, but these senators, as the insurgents literally stormed the Capitol, were sending emails to raise funds. That shouldn’t have happened and should stop now,” Cotton said.

He also appeared to be referring to Cruz, who over the weekend led a letter signed by 10 other Republican senators and elected senators, calling for the establishment of a special commission to conduct a ten-day emergency audit. of election results.

Cotton said these actions went too far, even as he acknowledged that allegations of election fraud need to be investigated.

“We need an independent commission, which I proposed and [Sen.] Tim ScottTimothy (Tim) Eugene Scott: Democrats gain control of Senate after Warnock, Ossoff wins: Warnock victory puts Democrats within reach of Senate majority Electoral College struggle divides Republican Party as the opposition grows to the MORE electoral challenge [R-S.C.] he has written a bill and presented it, to study what happened to the electoral practices of the last elections given the unusual circumstances of the pandemic and to try to propose reforms for the future, ”he said.

But Cotton claimed that Republican colleagues and colleagues who pushed for what he said are misleading claims fueled chaos Wednesday at the Capitol and also politically cost the Republican Party in Georgia, where they lost two elections to the second Senate.

“What happened yesterday is partly the result of the misleading claims of the last few weeks and also what happened on Tuesday night is the result of the misleading claims of the last few weeks that the vote of the people of Georgia did not count. “, he said.

“If you tell people that their vote doesn’t count, that the election is called, you shouldn’t be surprised when some don’t go to the polls and it seems to provide the margin for victory,” Cotton said.

“Democrats got a few percentage points more in their strengths than Republicans in Georgia,” he added.

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