The effort is doomed to fail but would create a spectacle that Senate GOP leaders want to avoid. Another incoming senator, Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall, wouldn't say if he would join House conservatives' effort to contest a state's election results. At the joint session, any member of Congress can object to a state's results. Brooks added no one in House GOP leadership has discouraged him from taking these steps, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who has yet to formally recognize Biden as President-elect, even though McConnell has. And asked by CNN if House members should challenge the election results on Jan. 6, Scalise didn't discourage them from doing so.

Source: CNN December 22, 2020 01:07 UTC