106 House Republicans Support Trump-Backed Lawsuit To Overturn Election

[demmiblue]

Source: Forbes

A group of 106 Republican House members, more than half of the GOP caucus in the chamber, signed an amicus brief filed Thursday in support of a lawsuit backed by President Trump that seeks to overturn the election.

The brief is led by Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), who, in an email obtained by Forbes, told his colleagues Trump personally asked him to recruit supporters for the lawsuit, which aims to invalidate electors in four states Joe Biden won: Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia.

The lawsuit was brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and is supported by Republican attorney generals in 17 other states – 6 of whom are trying to directly intervene and 10 of whom met with Trump for a private lunch at the White House on Thursday.

The suit claims the states’ electors should be invalidated because expanded mail-in voting due to the Covid-19 outbreak resulted in widespread fraud and irregularities – an allegation that has already dismissed by courts numerous times.

Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/12/10/106-house-republicans-support-trump-backed-lawsuit-to-overturn-election/?sh=4e11c53c3cd6

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[Thekaspervote]

1. And 21 states and territories push back against this nonsense

[underpants]

2. It's blackmail. They fear the cult turning on them.

Trump doesn’t even have to speak it.
The sign this and the wolves are called off. No one cares in 2 years because it’s all legal mumbojumbo anyway.

[MissMillie]

3. 106 members of Congress that don't know the Constitution

that's pretty sad.

[bluestarone]

4. We can NO LONGER

Play nice with these type people!! I say NEVER FORGET THEM!

[Basement Beat]

16. AGREED.

All this "high road", "we can't fall to their levels" talk isn't going to cut it. They are literally trying to steal any semblance of democracy left in this nation. I truly hope the incoming administration won't try to play nice with these crude traitors to the union.

[lamp_shade]

5. They're all askeered of getting their houses blown up.

[Guilded Lilly]

6. Naming them isn't enough. Brand those names as TRAITORS to American Democracy.

[LymphocyteLover]

35. Yes. I'm glad they put their names to this so we know who the traitors are.

[Vivienne235729]

7. I hope to god this bites them in the political ass in the near future. The entire GOP party is trash

absolute garbage.

[still_one]

46. +++

[LonePirate]

8. Pelosi and House Democrats should refuse to seat all 106 of these Republicans in 2021.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. hear , hear.

[bdamomma]

15. Good idea

these repigs are not adhering to the Constitution they are adhering to a POS.

This has got to stop.

[ck4829]

18. +1

[EndlessWire]

31. Please teach me

What do you mean when you say Nancy should refuse to seat them? What is it she can do to prevent them from doing their job? This is the second time someone has said this, and I haven't a clue about it.

I know that new people have to be sworn in; aren't these old guys? Can you explain this to me?

I would love it if Nancy could do something.

[LonePirate]

33. When the next Congress convenes, the majority Dems should refuse to seat them.

Also, it should never be the job of an elected congressperson to petition the Supreme Court in what amounts to an act of sedition by wanting to overturn a fair election.

[EndlessWire]

38. If we take the Senate on the 5th

can this happen for both the House and the Senate?

Man, there are so many rules...I'd refuse to seat them in a heartbeat. Nancy is tough; maybe she should just tweet them to not bother showing up because she won't seat seditious members.

I did not know that newly elected individuals could still not be allowed to participate. But, not all these guys are new, right? If we take the Senate, can we refuse to seat McConnell??

[LymphocyteLover]

36. seems fair

[patricia92243]

9. I wonder how many are true believers and how many are just scared of Trumpsters.

[Chellee]

23. Jim Banks IN-3 is a true believer.

He thinks that this election showed that the country is totally behind the Trump agenda.

'In an interview with The Hill, Banks, a staunch Trump ally, said the president “taught us how to fight and win with an agenda that appeals to a popular base,” adding that House conservatives “must follow his example and carry the Trump message the next two years.” '

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/11/19/house-gop-leader-jim-banks-calls-for-party-to-plan-future-after-trump/?sh=78abdd4e3a37

He was unanimously elected to chair the Republican Study Committee today. “I am honored to be chosen by my colleagues to lead the Republican Study Committee in the 117th Congress,” said Banks. “As the heart and soul of the conservative movement in the House, RSC is stronger than ever as we lead the fight for conservative values and push back against the radical socialist wing that controls the Democrat Party today. We will have our work cut out for us, but I won’t back down from the fight!”

http://www.wbiw.com/2020/11/20/rep-jim-banks-named-next-chairman-of-republican-study-committee/

He's a loon and a traitor, and I never fail to tell him that, but honestly, I'm swimming upstream here. Indiana is full of people like this. He gets re-elected with a 30 point margin. The reason Indiana is so red is because we're in hell.

[LymphocyteLover]

37. I live in Indiana and hear you. The last few election cycles here have been depressing AF

other states trending blue, we're trending red. Gross.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. trump must be removed at this late date . and must be made that these same

house members should be removed too.

[mackdaddy]

11. I believe that the Supremes will throw this out. But we are in a fight January 6th.

There are plenty of congress persons to object to the electoral college vote certification, but this time there are a few crazies in the Senate that may sign on too.

If the electoral college vote is not certified, then there may be a big problem if it goes to the house.
Republicans are no longer sane.

[IsItJustMe]

25. Two words

Safe Harbor

That is if the Supreme Court still follows the constitution.

[orwell]

13. For years "Mistah Tappah"...

...was an apologist for these assholes.

Nice to see that he has finally showed some outrage the last few months.

But I won't forget his enabling of these dickwads...

[wnylib]

14. The names of those Republican caucus

traiters are too small for me to read on my phone screen. Are any of them from NY state?

Asking for friends and neighbors.

[IsItJustMe]

26. You should have a MAGNIFIER on your computer. Use it. I did and it works.

Just go down to your search bar and type in Magnifier.

[wnylib]

44. I am using my phone, an old android.

I can magify most screens just by spreading them open with my fingers, but it doesn't work when I view Twitter links. I can tap on a tweet at a link and it will enlarge slightly, but on that tweet, it did not get large enough to read, even wearing reading glasses and using a magnifying glass.

Thanks for your help.

[Septua]

17. It's obviously theater...

..for Trump's desperation and the signers' fear of Trump's wrath. Legal opinions say the lawsuit will never see a SCOTUS audience since it is so absurd, so what are they supporting? Just another bullshit, frivolous lawsuit to further undermine the Constitution.

[marie999]

19. Wouldn't that throw out all the House and Senate races also?

[Mendocino]

20. No surprise here...

Gym Jordan

[liberalgunwilltravel]

21. Sedition

Charge everyone one of these traitors should be charged with sedition.

[cstanleytech]

22. Completely unconstitutional unless they had evidence of systemic fraud which they do not because

if they did they would be using their PR firm (Fox News) to show the American people it and the 40+ court cases they have brought would not have been tossed out.

[EndlessWire]

32. I agree. n/t

[SeattleVet]

24. They're absolutely LIVID over in freeperville...

demanding to know the names of the 'traitors' that didn't sign on to this sideshow, so they could all be primaried in their next elections.

The delusions run deep with that crowd.

[rickyhall]

27. We should remind everybody of this shit in future elections.

Don't vote for a traitor.

[Politicub]

28. This latest attempt to overturn the election is stressing me out

I know that a lot of people are saying that it doesn’t have merit. I hope the Supreme Court rejects it. But I don’t think we can count on that.

Regardless, the damage has been done. Biden is sincere about bringing the country together, but that won’t be possible now with the GOP’s nonstop efforts to delegitimize the election results.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

29. For those following along at home, now 100+ members of Congress are weighing in with their own brief

OverturnHat Retweeted:

For those following along at home, now 100+ members of Congress are weighing in with their own brief in a lawsuit one state filed against other states to overturn the Presidential election. Because it's a political stunt, and the base demands "fighters." https://supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O155/163403/20201210153048641_Texas%20v.%20Pennsylvania%20Amicus%20Brief%20of%20106%20Representatives.pdf

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William J. Olson. That name rings a bell.

http://www.lawandfreedom.com/wordpress/william-j-olson/

https://twitter.com/Olsonlaw

He retweets Eugene Delgaudio's tweets. For good reason: Olson is the attorney Eugene Delgaudio relies on when Delgaudio is upset about one thing or another and wants to file a brief:

A powerful brief filed by the firm of William J. Olson, P.C., Attorneys at Law and the U.S. Justice Foundation on behalf of several Conservative groups carries serious warnings about what could happen to the religious freedoms of the United States and the reality of God's wrath if the Supreme Court chooses to impose same-sex marriage on all states.

In over 30 states, voters have chosen to defend marriage as only between one man and one woman. However, the U.S. Supreme Court may soon rule against these states, striking down bans on gay unions and officially changing the traditional definition of marriage nationwide.

"[Our] 48-page legal brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court this past Good Friday was designed to explain to the court that traditional marriage is an institution ordained of God. As such, traditional husband-wife marriage is not subject to being revised by a majority of the elite lawyers from Harvard, Yale, and Columbia who are now serving on the U.S. Supreme Court," explained Eugene Delgaudio, President of Public Advocate of the U.S., Inc., one of the many groups behind the brief.

{snip}

[Gothmog]

30. Here is a list of these assholes from the brief

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O155/163403/20201210153048641_Texas%20v.%20Pennsylvania%20Amicus%20Brief%20of%20106%20Representatives.pdf

Amicus U.S. Representative Mike Johnson represents the
Fourth Congressional District of Louisiana in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Gary Palmer represents the
Sixth Congressional District of Alabama in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Steve Scalise represents the First
Congressional District of Louisiana in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Jim Jordan represents the Fourth
Congressional District of Ohio in the United States House of
Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Ralph Abraham represents the
Fifth Congressional District of Louisiana in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Rick W. Allen represents the
Twelfth Congressional District of Georgia in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative James R. Baird represents the
Fourth Congressional District of Indiana in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Jim Banks represents the Third
Congressional District of Indiana in the United States House
of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Jack Bergman represents the
First Congressional District of Michigan in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Andy Biggs represents the Fifth
Congressional District of Arizona in the United States House
of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Gus Bilirakis represents the
Twelfth Congressional District of Florida in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Dan Bishop represents the Ninth
Congressional District of North Carolina in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Mike Bost represents the
Twelfth Congressional District of Illinois in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Kevin Brady represents the
Eighth Congressional District of Texas in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Mo Brooks represents the Fifth
Congressional District of Alabama in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Ken Buck represents the Fourth
Congressional District of Colorado in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Ted Budd represents the
Thirteenth Congressional District of North Carolina in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Tim Burchett represents the
Second Congressional District of Tennessee in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Michael C. Burgess represents
the Twenty-Sixth Congressional District of Texas in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne represents the
First Congressional District of Alabama in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Ken Calvert represents the
Forty-Second Congressional District of California in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Earl L. “Buddy” Carter
represents the First Congressional District of Georgia in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Ben Cline represents the Sixth
Congressional District of Virginia in the United States House
of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Michael Cloud represents the
Twenty-Seventh Congressional District of Texas in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Mike Conaway represents the
Eleventh Congressional District of Texas in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Rick Crawford represents the
First Congressional District of Arkansas in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw represents the
Second Congressional District of Texas in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Mario Diaz-Balart represents the
Twenty-Fifth Congressional District of Florida in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Jeff Duncan represents the Third
Congressional District of South Carolina in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Neal P. Dunn, M.D. represents
the Second Congressional District of Florida in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Tom Emmer represents the
Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Ron Estes represents the Fourth
Congressional District of Kansas in the United States House
of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative A. Drew Ferguson, IV
represents the Third Congressional District of Georgia in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann represents
the Third Congressional District of Tennessee in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Bill Flores represents the
Seventeenth Congressional District of Texas in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry represents the
First Congressional District of Nebraska in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx represents the
Fifth Congressional District of North Carolina in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Russ Fulcher represents the First
Congressional District of Idaho in the United States House of
Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz represents the First
Congressional District of Florida in the United States House
of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Greg Gianforte represents the At
Large Congressional District of Montana in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Bob Gibbs represents the
Seventh Congressional District of Ohio in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert represents the
First Congressional District of Texas in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Lance Gooden represents the
Fifth Congressional District of Texas in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Sam Graves represents the Sixth
Congressional District of Missouri in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Mark Green represents the
Seventh Congressional District of Tennessee in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Michael Guest represents the
Third Congressional District of Mississippi in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Andy Harris, M.D. represents
the First Congressional District of Maryland in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Vicky Hartzler represents the
Fourth Congressional District of Missouri in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Kevin Hern represents the First
Congressional District of Oklahoma in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Clay Higgins represents the
Third Congressional District of Louisiana in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Trey Hollingsworth represents
the Ninth Congressional District of Indiana in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Richard Hudson represents the
Eighth Congressional District of North Carolina in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Bill Huizenga represents the
Second Congressional District of Michigan in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Bill Johnson represents the Sixth
Congressional District of Ohio in the United States House of
Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative John Joyce represents the
Thirteenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Fred Keller represents the
Twelfth Congressional District of Pennsylvania in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Mike Kelly represents the
Sixteenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Trent Kelly represents the First
Congressional District of Mississippi in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Steve King represents the Fourth
Congressional District of Iowa in the United States House of
Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative David Kustoff represents the
Eighth Congressional District of Tennessee in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Darin LaHood represents the
Eighteenth Congressional District of Illinois in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Doug LaMalfa represents the
First Congressional District of California in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Doug Lamborn represents the
Fifth Congressional District of Colorado in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Robert E. Latta represents the
Fifth Congressional District of Ohio in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Debbie Lesko represents the
Eighth Congressional District of Arizona in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Blaine Leutkemeyer represents
the Third Congressional District of Missouri in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Kenny Marchant represents the
Twenty-Fourth Congressional District of Texas in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Roger Marshall, M.D. represents
the First Congressional District of Kansas in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Tom McClintock represents the
Fourth Congressional District of California in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rogers
represents the Fifth Congressional District of Washington in
the United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Dan Meuser represents the
Ninth Congressional District of Pennsylvania in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Carol D. Miller represents the
Third Congressional District of West Virginia in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative John Moolenaar represents the
Fourth Congressional District of Michigan in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Alex X. Mooney represents the
Second Congressional District of West Virginia in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Markwayne Mullin represents
the Second Congressional District of Oklahoma in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Gregory Murphy, M.D.
represents the Third Congressional District of North Carolina
in the United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse represents the
Fourth Congressional District of Washington in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Ralph Norman represents the
Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Scott Perry represents the Tenth
Congressional District of Pennsylvania in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Guy Reschenthaler represents
the Fourteenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Tom Rice represents the
Seventh Congressional District of South Carolina in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative John Rose represents the Sixth
Congressional District of Tennessee in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative David Rouzer represents the
Seventh Congressional District of North Carolina in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative John Rutherford represents the
Fourth Congressional District of Florida in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Austin Scott represents the
Eighth Congressional District of Georgia in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Mike Simpson represents the
Second Congressional District of Idaho in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Adrian Smith represents the
Third Congressional District of Nebraska in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Jason Smith represents the
Eighth Congressional District of Missouri in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Ross Spano represents the
Fifteenth Congressional District of Florida in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik represents the
Twenty-First Congressional District of New York in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson
represents the Fifteenth Congressional District of
Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany represents the
Seventh Congressional District of Wisconsin in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative William Timmons represents the
Fourth Congressional District of South Carolina in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Ann Wagner represents the
Second Congressional District of Missouri in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Tim Walberg represents the
Seventh Congressional District of Michigan in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Michael Waltz represents the
Sixth Congressional District of Florida in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Randy Weber represents the
Fourteenth Congressional District of Texas in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Daniel Webster represents the
Eleventh Congressional District of Florida in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Brad Wenstrup represents the
Second Congressional District of Ohio in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Bruce Westerman represents the
Fourth Congressional District of Arkansas in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Roger Williams represents the
Twenty-Fifth Congressional District of Texas in the United
States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Joe Wilson represents the
Second Congressional District of South Carolina in the
United States House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Rob Wittman represents the
First Congressional District of Virginia in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Ron Wright represents the Sixth
Congressional District of Texas in the United States House
of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Ted S. Yoho represents the
Third Congressional District of Florida in the United States
House of Representatives.

Amicus U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin represents the First
Congressional District of New York in the United States
House of Representatives.

[wnylib]

45. Thank you.

[EndlessWire]

34. How embarrassing it is for

those idiots who are joining in. I mean, what for??

There is not one shred of evidence. These people can't think. Party over country, I guess.

What's interesting is that they have to KNOW that the majority of We The People voted for Biden and reject Trump. Yet, they are substituting their own political agendas in place of the will of the people. This is sedition. And they have placed their names on public record!

I just don't have the money, but I would rent billboards with all their names on it under the word "Sedition." Or maybe, just "Voting to overturn YOUR vote." But, all their names in public, next to some public highway...

Sigh. It is so sad to see that Trump's technique of nonstop lies, without any foundation of truth, has befuddled those people that we assumed had brains.

If they think that we will not fight, they would be wrong. And there are more of us. The end result will be prison for them. Why oh why would they throw away their lives for a mean, sadistic, amoral POS like Trump??

[birdographer]

41. I might be able to

I have no idea where to put such a billboard. Not here in our super-red county, it would not accomplish anything. Where would you put that for the best effect, and how the hell does one go about that???

[EndlessWire]

43. Billboards are usually owned by someone already

and you have to rent it. I don't know. There's probably a company somewhere with a string of them.

They also have very interesting billboard trucks that can be rented, and then they cruise around the streets and highways, where they can be seen.

Graphic companies can also produce magnetic signs that you can apply to your own vehicle, and then you commute and display it that way. I was thinking about this, but I am not sure about attracting the attention of Trumpers to my personal vehicle. You understand.

[cab67]

39. They should all be expelled from Congress.

[Galraedia]

40. Republicans need to stop playing along with Dotard's delusions. He LOST.

They need to get some real f**king leadership and stop pandering to this orange pussy.

[mdbl]

42. Can the DNC initiate lawsuits on behalf of us legal voters?

someone needs to do some bullshit legal pushback to counter their dumb bullshit.

[jcgoldie]

47. McCarthy seems notable in his absence from the list...