Re-elected on Trump Electoral College challenge: “I have no doubt I think he won”

Elected Representative Burgess Owens (R-Utah) expressed support for challenging the Electoral College vote certifying the president-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenBidens pays tribute to front-line workers in New York: “We owe them, we owe them, we owe them” DC’s Trump Hotel raises room prices for Biden’s inauguration The video shows long lines on the last day of early voting in Georgia MOREwins, saying Thursday there is “no doubt” President TrumpDonald Trump Hotel Trump in DC raises room rates for Biden inauguration GOP lawmaker criticizes Trump and colleagues for “trying to discredit” election Video shows long lines on last day of early voting in Georgia MORE won re-election.

Owens, who was approved by Trump, said so The Salt Lake Grandstand in an interview he believes “absolutely” that Trump won the presidential election, even though Biden has been widely recognized as president-elect since November.

“I have no doubt in my mind that I think he won,” he said.

The comments from the new Utah representative come when Congress plans to certify election results on Wednesday, a move several lawmakers plan to block in a lengthy effort to cancel the election.

Owens, a former NFL player, compared the fight to his experience in football, saying he plans to “leave it all on the field” for the president.

“In ten years in the NFL, I played a lot of losing games,” he said. “If you leave everything on the field and you’ve done everything possible and there’s nothing left, then it’s a winning game regardless of the score.”

The Utah elected representative said “it was right” to join the effort to contest the Electoral College vote because “seventy percent more of the Conservatives say” the election “is not fair. “, according to Tribune.

In his interview, Owens cited the theory that 42,000 votes were counted twice in Nevada, something state officials have denied. He also said after living in Pennsylvania for more than two decades, “I know how the Democratic Party has done things. [there], and it has not been fair “.

Owens predicted that the public “will have a chance [to] listening to things that some people had never heard before ”without specifying what information would be shared.

“My goal is basically to make sure I’m doing everything I can to bring it to all the legal ends we have,” he told the newspaper. “And once the official count is done, we will respect who the president is.”

Owens joins more than 30 Representatives of the House and more than ten incoming representatives who have said they plan to challenge the Electoral College vote. The first Republican Party senator, Sen. Josh HawleyJoshua (Josh) Lawmaker David HawleyGOP Criticizes Trump and Colleagues for “Trying to Discredit” Elections Pence’s role is limited in counting election votes Hawley grants GOP with Electoral College struggle MORE (R-Mo.), Promised to challenge the vote this week.

Republicans hope the House and Senate vote to support objections to certain state counts could change election results, but it seems unlikely Democrats will control the House and some Senate Republicans have opposed this plan.