Six of the eight Republican candidates for Home speaker voted to decertify the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021, within the hours after the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Voted to certify 2020 presidential election outcomes
Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesotathe bulk whip and the very best rating Republican working for speaker, is without doubt one of the two who voted to certify the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6. Whereas he acknowledged that hundreds of thousands of People did not belief the election outcomes and mentioned he shared the issues of those that questioned adjustments to the election system in some states (most of which took place because of the pandemic), Emmer condemned the rioting and mentioned that Article 2 of the Structure and twelfth Modification mentioned that Congress would not have the authority to discard electors which have been licensed by a state legislature.
Emmer, who was first elected to Congress in 2014, has the endorsement of former Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted from the speakership nearly three weeks in the past.
Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia, who ran for speaker as a protest candidate towards Jordan within the Home GOP convention, additionally voted to certify the 2020 election. In an announcement on Jan. 6, he known as the rioting on the Capitol and criticism of the Capitol Police “disgraceful.” He praised Pence for refusing to overturn states’ electoral votes and in addition signed a letter to congressional leaders stating that Congress “would not have the authority to overturn a state’s elector votes” and that its obligation is barely to depend the votes despatched to them by the states.
Elected in 2010, Scott represents Georgia’s eighth Congressional District, close to Macon.
Voted towards certifying 2020 election outcomes
Rep. Jack Bergman of Michigana retired Marine lieutenant basic, voted towards certifying the Electoral School outcomes on Jan. 6, and he was additionally a signator to an amicus transient supporting a Texas lawsuit to overturn the outcomes of the presidential election in Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan — all states that Trump misplaced.
Rep. Byron Donalds of Floridawho’s serving his second time period in Congressadditionally voted towards certifying the election. He was additionally nominated for speaker towards McCarthy in January in rounds 4, 5 and 6 of the 15 rounds of voting.
He described himself throughout his first major marketing campaign as a “Trump-supporting, liberty-loving, pro-life, pro-Second Modification Black man.” He went on to defeat his GOP opponents by simply over 770 votes.
Donalds voted towards elevating the debt ceiling earlier this yr.
Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma chairs the conservative Republican Examine Committee. He introduced his candidacy on Friday.
Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisianaelected to Congress in 2016, is an lawyer and a former radio host.
Rep. Gary Palmer of Alabama has been within the Home since 2015, and he at present serves because the chairman of the Republican Coverage Committee. He supported Jordan because the nominee for speaker. Palmer was the president of a conservative assume tank in Alabama.
Rep. Pete Classes of Texas beforehand chaired the Home Guidelines Committee and the Nationwide Republican Congressional Committee. Classes, who has been in Congress for twenty-four years, introduced his candidacy on Friday.
Learn extra right here in regards to the candidates working for speaker.
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