Kentucky Republicans sure must be glad they elected “Cocaine Mitch” to another six year-term this year.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reportedly told Republican members of the chamber to refrain from objecting to electoral votes when they arrive to be counted by Congress next month.
According to The Hill, McConnell made the remarks during a caucus call on Tuesday. The outlet reported that an objection “isn’t in the best interest of everybody.”
“McConnell warned that any GOP senator who signed onto a House Republican objection to a state’s electoral votes would then force the Senate to debate and vote on the objection, putting fellow GOP senators in a bad position,” The Hill reports.
Of course it would put them in a bad position, as it would force the Senate’s Republicans — who claim to be conservatives and constitutionalists, and many of whom have won their elections on the basis of being President Trump’s allies — to reveal on record where they really stand on the issue of the Democrat Party’s attempted theft of a presidential election.
That wouldn’t be convenient for McConnell or the Republican establishment in general. They don’t want the average voter to know that they in reality oppose the president’s agenda. That kind of knowledge could threaten McConnell’s precious majority and, thus, his power in Washington.
And McConnell wasn’t alone among the chamber’s leadership in urging the GOP caucus to refrain from making any waves next month. Republican Whip Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) and Rules Committee Chairman Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) gave the same instruction.
“I think that there was encouragement on the phone for us to accept the result, as much as it’s not what we, you know, would have envisioned for the next four years, and to try to do what’s best for American people, which is to look forward,” Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) said, according to The Hill.
There are reportedly not any plans among any Republican senators to raise an objection, something confirmed by Senator John Barrasso (R-Wy.).
On Monday, Republican electors in key swing states cast alternate slates of electoral votes to help keep President Donald Trump’s legal challenges afloat, particularly in case there’s a viable challenge in Congress.
Representative Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) plans to object to next month’s count on January 6. But he needs a Republican senator to join him to successfully launch the challenge.
Speaking to Lou Dobbs on Fox Business, Brooks fired back at detractors of his decision, which is intended to address the massive voter fraud that likely swung the 2020 race in Joe Biden’s favor.
Said Brooks:
Well, it’s happened many times in the past. Apparently, some folks have not done their history….
By way of example, the Democrats in the House tried it in 2017 when they tried to strike Alabama’s votes for Donald Trump. Georgia, the same way, the House Democrats tried to strike it. Barbara Boxer tried to strike Ohio for George Bush back in 2005, so this is not unusual … the law is very clear.
The House of Representatives, in combination with the United States Senate, has the lawful authority to accept or reject Electoral College vote submissions from states that have such flawed election systems that they’re not worthy of our trust.
McConnell called Joe Biden the “president-elect” on Tuesday (which he is not, as Congress is yet to certify the Electoral College’s votes).
“Our country has officially a president-elect and a vice president-elect,” McConnell said. “The Electoral College has spoken. So today, I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.”
President Trump expressed his discontent with the Majority Leader on Twitter.
As The New American has reported, McConnell has a long working relationship with Biden and would likely feel more comfortable having the Democrat in the White House than fellow Republican Donald Trump.
Now is the time for the grassroots to act. Patriots must get involved and make their voices heard if there is to be any hope of prevailing.
Senators are needed who will join in with Representative Brooks’ effort to challenge the Electoral College votes based on fraudulent results in various states. Conservatives must apply pressure in droves on their Republican senators to work with Brooks. Especially to be targeted are those who will be up for reelection in 2022 and those who have presidential aspirations, such as Senators Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. All Republican senators must be made aware that they will have no political future unless they stand up now.
Conservatives would also do well to apply similar pressure to their local Republican parties, known as Republican Executive Committees, or RECs. Having the local parties put out resolutions supporting Brooks’ challenge, or leveraging their connections with state and federal lawmakers, would add another layer of legitimacy to the effort.
Even flooding the phones of McConnell and other Senate and House Republican leadership would not hurt, so that they can feel backlash from the base. These leaders may not care about the people they represent, but they do care about staying in power, and that means not angering the base so much that they get primaried.
To urge your U.S. representative and senators to reject the electoral votes in disputed states, visit The John Birch Society’s legislative alert here.
