Republicans in Congress massively refuse to approve of Biden's victory

At least 140 Republicans in the House of Representatives will vote against approval of the electoral vote, two GOP members say. CNN.

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Two Republican House members told CNN that at least 140 of their GOP counterparts in the House will vote against approving the January 6 electoral vote, when Congress is expected to confirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory.

Allies of President Donald Trump have little chance of changing the result, only delaying for several hours Biden's inevitable confirmation as the winner of the Electoral College - and the next US president.

There have been no credible allegations of voting problems that could affect the election: dozens of judges, governors, election officials, the Electoral College, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Supreme Court have said so. But Trump is determined to continue to claim that he has not lost, and many GOP politicians either share his delusion or are wary of provoking his wrath — even if it means voting to undermine democracy.

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Both the member of the House of Representatives and the Senator must object to the vote count in Congress. Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri said he would object. This will force lawmakers in both the House and Senate to vote on whether to accept the outcome of Biden's victory. Other senators, including new ones, can still join the effort, in which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell privately urged Republicans not to.

Trump is pushing for Congress to try to overturn the election results, as his campaign's attempts to cancel the election through the courts have repeatedly been rejected.

Nebraska Senator Ben Sass opposed the strategy (and the complicity of some of his GOP counterparts) in a Facebook post and urged Republicans to “reject” attempts to object to the certification process.

“The President and his allies are playing with fire,” he wrote. “They asked, first the courts, then state legislatures, and now Congress, to overturn the results of the presidential election. They unsuccessfully called on judges and are now calling on federal officials to invalidate millions and millions of votes. If you're making big claims, you better provide evidence. But the president is not doing that, and neither are the institutional arsonists, the members of Congress who will object to the Electoral College vote.”

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The group of GOP representatives, who have already publicly announced they will vote against the electoral vote, includes eight Republican MPs from Pennsylvania, who announced their intentions in a joint statement on December 31. Several new members of the Republican Chamber also said they would object to the certification process.

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