A Republican senator will enforce a vote in Congress on Biden’s victory

Washington – Republican Senator Josh Hawley announced on Wednesday that he will oppose ratification of the president-elect’s election victory, Joe Biden, at the session of Congress programmed for that purpose, which will enforce a vote on the outcome of the November election.

Hawley’s maneuver, an ally of the outgoing president Donald Trump, is doomed to failure and will not be able to prevent Congress from ratifying Biden’s victory at the session scheduled for January 6, but it will provide a lengthy debate and vote on the president-elect’s triumph.

“I will object during the certification process on Jan. 6,” Hawley said in a statement.

On that day, both houses of Congress will meet to put the final seal on the results of the election, and it is only sufficient that one member of the House of Representatives and another member of the Senate oppose the counting of electoral votes in a state to challenge it.

Several Republicans in the House, like Congressman Mo Brooks, have assured that they plan to challenge electoral votes in some major states, and Hawley’s announcement gives them an ally in the Senate, guaranteeing they will succeed in the implementation of their plan.

However, to invalidate the result in one or more states, they would have to pass a vote of both houses, which is impossible in practice because the Democrats, Biden’s party, control the House of Representatives.

“I have no doubt that Joe Biden will be confirmed next Wednesday as the 46th President of the United States, when we accept the vote of the Electoral College,” said House Speaker Democrat Nancy Pelosi in a news conference.

Trump’s last resort

The January 6 session in Congress is the final step in the process of certification of the election results and gives free rein to Biden’s arrival in power on January 20.

Therefore, the maneuver that day will be Trump’s last attempt to interfere with the election results, a strategy many have likened to a coup attempt.

Trump has filed dozens of unsuccessful lawsuits to challenge the outcome without evidence in several key states where Biden won, and has also pressured state officials to manipulate the US vote.

Biden’s victory became final on December 14, when it was confirmed by the Electoral College, and it was then that Republican leader Mitch McConnell recognized the Democrat as president-elect.

But Trump has remained steadfast in his opposition to the election results, which have worsened his relationship with McConnell, who hoped to avoid the debate in the Senate over the Biden triumph that Hawley intends to spark.

While there is no prospect that voting in Congress will change the outcome of the election, it will force any Republican lawmaker to stand up for or against Trump’s fight against the vote, a final test of loyalty that promises to fill with tension on it. party.

In addition, thousands of Trump supporters, including members of the far-right group Proud Boys, plan to demonstrate in Washington on Jan. 6 to support the outgoing president.