Nonetheless, the senators and senators-elect who issued a statement on Saturday followed Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri in committing to challenging the result. Objections are also expected from a majority of House Republicans. But Cruz and Johnson were joined by Senators James Lankford (Oklahoma), Steve Daines (Montana), John Kennedy (Louisiana), Marsha Blackburn (Tennessee) and Mike Braun (Indiana). “The election of 2020,” they said, “like the election of 2016, was hard fought and, in many swing states, narrowly decided. Federal officials including former attorney general William Barr and Christopher Krebs, a cyber security chief fired by Trump, have said the election was secure.

Source: The Guardian January 02, 2021 19:15 UTC