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GOP Lawmakers to Challenge Certification of Biden’s Win in Last-Ditch Effort to Overturn Election

HeadlineJan 04, 2021

In more election news, as many as 140 Republican congressmembers and at least 12 senators plan to contest the official counting of the Electoral College vote Wednesday. Ted Cruz is spearheading the effort among senators in the latest desperate attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s victory and buoy Trump’s baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. Congress will still have a majority of lawmakers to certify Joe Biden’s win.

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