Democracy is failing among Republicans

They would obviously prefer something closer to dictatorship.  Rule by GOP edict.

Nearly a quarter of Senate Republicans are officially preparing to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College win on Jan. 6, a stunning development that demonstrates just how far some in the GOP will go to align themselves with President Donald Trump’s flailing claims that the election was stolen from him.

Eleven more Republican senators announced Saturday they will challenge Biden’s election victory next week when Congress gathers to certify the Electoral College vote. The movement is led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who circulated the idea among Senate Republicans of voting against certification of the election unless there’s an election audit.

  Politico

Challenging Josh Hawley for the role of coup leader.

The 11 senators' efforts are separate from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who was the first senator to announce he would join with House Republicans to object to the certification of the election results. Hawley responded to the new objectors on Saturday, saying he hopes "many more will listen to their constituents and act."

The building support for efforts to vote against Biden's win in Congress has created a major rift in the GOP. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) was among the Republicans who punched back Saturday at the movement within his party, which in part centers around attacks on how the election was conducted in his own state. Toomey said the effort by Hawley and Cruz "directly undermines" the ability of people to elect their own leaders.

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The effort to vote against Biden's electoral win is opposed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), though the GOP leadership is not whipping against the effort to prevent the certification of Biden as president.

And Mitch is under attack by the MAGAts.

In the House, as many as 140 Republicans have indicated they may vote against certifying Biden's Electoral College win.

Jesus wept. This is what comes of the GOP taking the Tea Party into their tent. And they did that because they were already unable to win elections on their own.

In a statement released Saturday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said she would "vote to affirm the 2020 presidential election." Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) called the move "an egregious ploy" that "dangerously threatens our Democratic Republic."

And Toomey, who is retiring, said that "allegations of fraud by a losing campaign cannot justify overturning an election." He said Trump's loss in his state stemmed from Trump's narrower margins in rural Pennsylvania and Trump's decline in suburban support.

Hawley, in his response to Toomey, said the state's mail ballots had not been litigated sufficiently.

For the love of Pete.

"No one has mounted a substantive defense of the state law under which the November election was conducted."

Perhaps that's because there isn't a substantive defense to be mounted. Maybe someone should mount a lawsuit against Josh Hawley who doesn't even have a home in Missouri even though he represents the state in the US Senate.

The group of Republicans insisted their effort wasn’t an attempt to thwart Biden or overturn the election, but rather aimed to protect “election integrity.” Likewise, Hawley said he was not trying to overturn the election.

Not even they believe that steaming pile.

Biden's win will be certified by majorities in the Democratic House and Republican Senate, however, as enough GOP senators have already said they will oppose efforts to object to the election results. The question, though, is how many might eventually sign on: Many Republican senators have not indicated yet how they will vote.

Cowards. 

 ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

God, Ted Cruz is disgusting.