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Some Republicans on the 2020 Election Results

07 Jan 2021

“It is over…[Biden] is the legitimate President of the United States.” Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

“The voters, the courts, and the states have all spoken…If this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral.” Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

“There is no evidence of significant fraud, conspiracies, or even significant anomalies that cast serious doubt on who actually won the election.” Pat Toomey (R-PA)

“Voting to overturn state-certified elections would be the opposite of what states’ rights Republicans have always advocated for. This would doom the electoral college forever.” Rand Paul (R-KY)

“It’s past time for the president to accept the results of the election, quit misleading the American people, and repudiate mob violence. And the senators and representatives who fanned the flames by encouraging the president and leading their supporters to believe that their objections could reverse the election results should withdraw those objections.” Tom Cotton (R-AR)

“The President should never have spun up certain Americans to believe something that simply cannot be.” Chip Roy (R-TX)

“We gather today due to a selfish man’s injured pride and the outrage of his supporters whom he has deliberately misinformed for the past two months and stirred to action this very morning.” Mitt Romney (R-UT)

“We have sworn an oath under God to defend the Constitution. We uphold that oath at all times, not only when it is politically convenient. Congress has no authority to overturn elections by objecting to electors. Doing so steals power from the states and violates the Constitution.” Liz Cheney (R-WY)