Cheney and Ryan made statements Sunday denouncing Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and 11 other Senate Republicans who plan to object to the electoral college vote. As of last week, at least 140 House Republicans are also set to object to the vote on January 6.
Cheney, the House Republican Conference Chair, sent a memo to House Republicans claiming that objecting to the electoral college vote would “set an exceptionally dangerous precedent” and “is directly at odds” with the United States Constitution.
Cheney said:
B) Cheney: “…and bestowing it instead on Congress. This is directly at odds with the Constitution’s clear text and our core beliefs as Republicans.”
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 3, 2021
Ryan, who now sits on the board of directors at the Fox Corporation, claimed in a statement that “Joe Biden’s victory is entirely legitimate” and that efforts to “sow doubt about Joe Biden’s victory strike at the foundation of our republic.”
Ryan said:
2) Ryan: Under our system, voters determine the president, and this self-governance cannot sustain itself if the whims of Congress replace the will of the people. I urge members to consider the precedent that it would set.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 3, 2021
4) Ryan: It is difficult to conceive of a more anti-democratic and anti-conservative act than a federal intervention to overturn the results of state-certified elections and disenfranchise millions of Americans.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 3, 2021
6) Ryan: The Trump campaign had ample opportunity to challenge election results, and those efforts failed from lack of evidence. The legal process was exhausted, and the results were decisively confirmed. The Department of Justice, too, found no basis for overturning the result
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 3, 2021
7) Ryan: If states wish to reform their processes for future elections, that is their prerogative. But Joe Biden’s victory is entirely legitimate.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 3, 2021
Last month, Hawley announced he would object to the electoral college vote when the results are presented to Congress this week. In a statement, Hawley cited “the failure of some states, including notably Pennsylvania, to follow their own election laws as well as the unprecedented interference of Big Tech monopolies in the election” as his reasons for objecting…
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