On the eve of her big election race, Kelly Loeffler joins the growing chorus of Republicans who will officially object to electoral votes on Wednesday when both houses of Congress meet to certify the election results:
FOX NEWS: Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler will object to certifying the results of at least one state during Wednesday’s Electoral College vote count by Congress, Fox News has learned.
The joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College result is set to occur just a day after Georgia’s highly anticipated Senate runoff elections, pitting Loeffler against Democrat Raphael Warnock, and Sen. David Perdue against Democrat Jon Ossoff.
“Elections are the bedrock of our democracy and the American people deserve to be 100% confident in our election systems and its outcomes. But right now, tens of millions of Americans have real concerns about the way in which the November Presidential election was conducted—and I share their concerns,” Loeffler said in a statement to Fox News on Monday.
“The American people deserve a platform in Congress, permitted under the Constitution, to have election issues presented so that they can be addressed,” Loeffler continued. “That’s why, on January 6th, I will vote to give President Trump and the American people the fair hearing they deserve and support the objection to the Electoral College certification process.”
Loeffler added that she has “already introduced legislation to establish a commission to investigate election irregularities and recommend election integrity measures.
“We must restore trust, confidence and integrity in our election system,” Loeffler said.
Loeffler will object to Georgia’s results specifically, and maybe others:
A source familiar with Loeffler’s thinking told Fox News she will likely object to the certification of Georgia’s presidential election results and left the possibility open that Loeffler could object to others as well.
The source also told Fox News that Loeffler will “object on her own,” not as part of the Sen. Ted Cruz’s electoral commission, which he introduced over the weekend.
I haven’t done an actual count but I think that’s 14 so far in the Senate who may object: Loeffler, Hawley, Cruz and the other 11 with him.