Ohio GOP Sen. Rob Portman - up in '22 - will oppose Electoral College challenge to Biden's election

[Nevilledog]

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John Bresnahan
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Ohio GOP Sen. Rob Portman - up in ‘22 - will oppose Electoral College challenge to Biden’s election. “I cannot support allowing Congress to thwart the will of the voters,” per statement
10:03 AM · Jan 4, 2021

[SharonAnn]

1. Good for him. I would've been surprised if he'd supported Cruz and Hawley's position.

[blueinredohio]

2. Don't trust this asshole. He's not going along with it

because he knows its going nowhere and there's nothing in it for him.

[LisaL]

3. Well, then at the very least he is smarter than some.

NT

[blueinredohio]

5. He can't be bothered with this shit, it'll make him late for lunch.

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4. And by "oppose" I presume he means he will do absolutely nothing to stop it.

I mean, good that he won't join in, but there's a difference between "opposing" and merely "not supporting"....

[LisaL]

6. They will all have to vote Yes or No in the end.

So not exactly nothing.

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7. All for show as the house will refuse to uphold the challenges.

It's the nonsense of contesting the electoral votes in the first place that's the problem.

But yeah, good if he also votes down the challenges.

It would certainly make a difference in optics if the senate doesn't uphold the challenges as well...