A majority of the 12 Republican senators who said on Saturday that they would object to the certification of the votes of the State Electoral College on Wednesday skipped the invitations from the news programs to appear on Sunday.
News management: “State of the Union” anchor Jake Tapper said all 12 senators refused or did not respond to an invitation to explain their objection to certification on CNN. Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NPR, also said that the senators refused the invitations to appear in the “Weekend Edition”.
Ted Cruz Sensor Only (R-Texas), who appeared on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who had a difficult exchange with host Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press,” appeared on the show.
- Cruz, who is leading the prosecution, acknowledged to Fox News that the Supreme Court would be a better forum to challenge the challenge, while urging his fellow Democrats to “relax and do our job.”
What it says: “I want to mention that I invited each of the 12 senators involved in plotting this shameful effort to come to the show this morning to try to defend and explain their position,” Tapper said. “Each of them refused or did not respond.”
- “Everything is reminiscent of what Ulysses S. Grant once wrote in 1861: ‘There are only two parties now, traitors and patriots.’ How would you describe the parties today? “
Game status: The group includes Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), And Mike Braun (R-Mont.) -Ind.), As well as newly invested Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) And Tommy Tuberville (R -Ala.).
- The senators believe the coordinated effort is separate from that of Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, who was the first in the chamber to announce that he would object to the vote.
Go deeper: Several senators oppose the certification of election results