Republican Party leaders swayed by the pro-Trump candidacy to reverse the election result

A Hail-Mary petition from House Republicans to turn around election results President TrumpDonald TrumpHogan against Republicans who will not accept the election result: “They are off the track” Biden pulls Trump’s refusal to grant after voting in Electoral School it is sowing deep divisions in the ranks of the Republican Party.

The struggle pits the Conservatives against other Conservatives as it creates a huge headache for party leaders, who are between joining the election verdict and their loyalty to a president who has refused to accept defeat.

These forces may collide on January 6, when Rep. Mo BrooksMorris (Mo) Jackson Brooks The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Mastercard – U.S. inoculations begin; state voters certify Biden; Barr is out of Republican Party leaders hit by pro-Trump candidacy to reverse election results Senate Republican Party leaders try to end election disputes MORE (R-Ala.), A five-year maker of the Freedom Caucus, vows to launch an unlikely effort to force votes in both chambers designed to block the president-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenHogan on Republicans Who Won’t Accept Election Result: “They’re Out of Track” Biden Exhausts Trump’s Refusal to Grant After Voting College Voting Senate GOP Warns Biden Not to Choose Sally Yates as Attorney General MONTH to take over the White House. Voters in all 50 states voted Monday, formally granting Biden more than the 270 votes the Electoral College needs to become the 46th president.

So far, Brooks ’gambit has not received the support of GOP leaders. And leader of the minority of the house Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthy Rep. Paul Mitchell, who leaves members of the Republican Party on both sides, welcomes Supreme Court decision Pelosi: the Republican Party “brought disgrace to the House” to support the election demand MORE (R-California) seemed to bow its hand in opposition to Brooks’ tactics on Monday, telling the Fox Business Network that taking on electoral challenges in Congress is “the wrong method.”

“The president is right to go to court and make his legal challenges heard,” McCarthy said. “He said he has even more opportunities to do so. So we’ll go around and see what happens. “

Still, the House’s top Republicans: McCarthy and Steve ScaliseStephen (Steve) Joseph Scalise The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Mastercard – Today: Vaccine distribution begins and Electoral College meets. Sunday Shows: Focus Moves to Vaccine Launch Wallace Meets Texas Demand: “You Talked About Disauthorizing Biden’s 10 Million Voters” MORE (La.) – face growing pressure from the right to board, although doing so would reveal internal discord in the early days of the next Congress, just as Republicans hope to unite -as opposed to Biden’s zealous legislative plans.

Both McCarthy and Scalise, Trump’s key allies, joined more than 120 House Republicans to support Texas ’demand last week with the goal of nullifying election results in several camp states. battle, a lawsuit the Supreme Court rejected Friday. But so far, the two most prominent ambitious Republican Party leaders (both would need the support of the Freedom Caucus in any future candidacy to become president) have largely moved away from the thorny issue.

Spokesmen for McCarthy and Scalise did not answer questions about whether leaders support the Conservatives’ effort to challenge election results in Congress.

Republican No. 3 at the helm, chairman of the conference Liz CheneyElizabeth (Liz) Republicans Lynn CheneyHouse who did not sign the Texas lawsuit The Senate approves the defense law, establishing Trump’s veto to fight the Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – The COVID-19 vaccine advances. Congress? Not so much MORE (R-Wyo.), Has been much more skeptical of Trump’s claims of widespread election fraud. If Trump’s challenges fail in the judicial system, Cheney said, the president “should fulfill his oath to preserve, protect and defend the United States Constitution while respecting the sanctity of our electoral process.”

Rep. Paul MitchellPaul MitchellHouse Republicans who did not sign the lawsuit from Texas GOP lawmaker to Trump: abandon the election argument “for the good of our nation” Here are the 17 GOP women recently elected to the House this year (R-Mich.), A Michigan Conservative who is retiring at the end of this term, made such criticisms a long step Monday and announced he was leaving the Republican Party to protest what he characterized as the Republican Party’s overall decision. “to treat our electoral system as if we were a third world nation.”

“If Republican leaders sit down collectively and tolerate unfounded conspiracy theories and‘ stop the robberies ’without protesting our electoral process … our nation will be damaged,” Mitchell wrote in a letter to McCarthy and the president of RNC Ronna McDanielRonna Romney McDaniel Rep. Paul Mitchell leaves Republican Party Juan Williams: Trump is celebrating a dying campaign of the Trump Republican Party, RNC announces 0 million post-election fundraising MORE.

When asked how much support there was at the Republican Party conference for Brooks’ effort, another Conservative Republican lawmaker replied bluntly, “Little to no one.”

There are several reasons why many Republicans distrust Brooks ’latest effort to block Biden from the presidency. Although both McCarthy and Scalise have refused to recognize Biden as president-elect, there are fears among Republicans that protracted attacks on the electoral system could dampen GOP involvement in the Senate’s decisive pair of barks in Georgia. , scheduled for the day before Congress will meet to certify the results of the presidential election.

These two Georgia seats will determine which party controls the Senate, which could be the last line of defense against a White House and a Democratic-controlled House on Jan. 20.

Republican Party leaders also don’t want to highlight a huge internal shock the same week Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy Pelosi Night Defense: US sanctions Turkey, NATO ally, for Russian defense system | Veteran groups and top Democrats call for Wilkie’s resignation | Gingrich, other Trump loyalists appointed to the Pentagon board PENDING ENERGY: countries present the goals of the 2030 Paris Agreement in the absence of the United States | Biden observes a new EPA selection when Nichols would have fallen out of favor | Kerry faces major work on climate and US credibility Bipartisan group unveils 8 billion two-part coronavirus package MORE (D-California) will contest votes to stay in power two more years, a hard vote given the meager majority of Democrats. When the 117th Congress kicks off, Republicans would rather have the media focus on the struggles on the other side of the aisle.

In fact, McCarthy himself has said that one of the best lessons Republicans in the House have learned from their successful 2020 cycle was that if they unite, they can invest Democratic seats. Therefore, McCarthy, who is in a privileged position to become president if the Republican Party wins a handful of seats in 2022, promotes unity in his growing conference.

“We’ve seen the benefits of staying together,” McCarthy recently told The Hill. “Continuing together we won seats, staying together we expanded this game.”

Brooks, however, remains motionless. He plans to use the flat action on Jan. 6, when the House will meet to validate the presidential result, to challenge the veracity of state-certified results, which voters across the country voted to formalize on Monday.

Trump and his closest allies have claimed, without evidence, that the president’s defeat only occurred as a result of widespread voter fraud. And Brooks intends to challenge the result in five key battlefield states – Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Arizona – that helped Biden win.

Trump’s state attorneys and allies have filed similar challenges in court, but virtually all have been rejected, including last week’s Supreme Court ruling dismissing Texas’ claims of widespread voting “irregularities” in four of these. states.

Brooks, in bringing his case to Congress, argues that the power of the legislature overshadows that of the judiciary when it comes to overseeing elections.

“Congress is the ultimate arbiter of who wins presidential contests, not the Supreme Court,” Brooks said he tweeted the weekend. “The founders of America did not want unelected dictatorial judges to make that decision. The judiciary is not equipped or empowered to decide the contested federal elections.

To force a vote in the House of Representatives, Brooks also needs the endorsement of at least one senator. A couple of Republicans in the upper house, Sens. Ron JohnsonRonald (Ron), Harold Johnson, Republican senatorial leaders try to end election disputes This week: Congress prepares to chaotically end Trump’s allies in Congress to challenge election results: report MORE (Wis.) I Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulSenate Republican Party leaders try to end election disputes This week: Congress prepares to chaotically end Trump’s allies in Congress to challenge election results: report MORE (Ky.) They have suggested some interest in starting the session, although they have not yet committed to do so.

Johnson, chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, uses his hanger separately on this panel to investigate what he considers voting “irregularities” in certain states.

“What we can explain, we’ll take it off the table,” Johnson said Sunday on Fox News. “But if things are inexplicable, we need to investigate further.”

Brooks’ procedural maneuver is not the first time a House lawmaker has tried to block a presidential result in the House of Commons. In early 2017, just days before Trump, the Liberal Democratic representative, was sworn in. Pramila JayapalPramila Jayapal: Progressives Frustrated with Representation as Biden Cabinet Shapes Progressive Congress Announces New Leadership Team. Women set records in MORE state legislatures (Washington) had challenged Trump’s electoral college victory, alleging that long queues at the polls in Georgia were an unfair barrier to Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham Clinton Mormon Church Congratulates Biden After Voting at Electoral College ENERGY PENDING: Countries Present Goals of the 2030 Paris Agreement in the Absence of the United States | Biden observes a new EPA selection when Nichols would have fallen out of favor | Kerry faces great work on climate, and American credibility Clintons votes in Electoral College for Biden and Harris MOREcampaign.

At the time, the chamber was chaired by Joe Biden, then vice president, who quickly closed the effort and noted that Jayapal, just days after his first year on Capitol Hill, had not secured the support of a senator.

“There’s no debate,” Biden said from the podium with a hammer blow. “Is over.”