“America is proud of Josh and the many others who are joining him. The USA cannot have fraudulent elections!” President Trump tweeted.
Hawley this week became the first senator to vow to oppose votes throughout the Jan. 6 joint session.
“I cannot vote to certify the electoral college results on Jan. 6 without raising the fact that some states, particularly Pennsylvania, failed to follow their own state election laws,” Hawley wrote in a statement. On Fox News, he added “somebody has to stand up” for the Trump voters who think election fraud did actually happen.
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Hawley’s action drew backlash from Democrats and some fellow Republicans, including members of the GOP Senate leadership.
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Walmart further labeled the senator as a “sore loser.” It later apologized and deleted the social media statement it had posted.
Trump shared an article about Hawley reacting to Walmart. Hawley asked the firm to apologize for using slave labor and ” the pathetic wages you pay your workers as you drive mom and pop stores out of business.”
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Hawley and members of the lower congressional chamber’s plan centers around how the U.S. Constitution allows objections throughout the joint session held to count Electoral College votes.
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Objections have to be written and have the backing of at least one senator and one representative. If an objection satisfies the requirements, it triggers a withdrawal from the joint session. In each chamber, there is a following two-hour debate and a vote on whether to support a challenge. Unless objections get a majority vote in each chamber, they’re discarded.
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Democrats opposed electoral votes in 2017 and 2005. They failed to earn support from any senators in 2017, making the challenges null.
In 2005, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) joined the opposition. She and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (R-Ohio) objected to Ohio’s electoral votes. The lawmakers at the time explained the objection was meant to increase awareness of the need for election reform, leading to a report from Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee that found irregularities.
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“I hate inconveniencing my friends, but I think it’s worth a couple of hours to shine some light on these issues,” Boxer said after the chambers withdrew. “Our people are dying all over the world, a lot from my state, for what reason? To bring democracy to the far corners of the world. Let’s fix it here, and let’s do it first thing.”
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