Recently sworn-in Kansas Senator Roger Marshall is among a group of Republican Senators formally challenging the presidential election.
Marshall signed on to an effort led by Texas Senator Ted Cruz to challenge the results, comparing that decision to ones he faced as a doctor before becoming a politician. Marshall says his decision is about weighing evidence and about giving people confidence about the electoral process.
In the House, Representatives Tracey Mann, Ron Estes and Jake LaTurner have signed onto a similar effort.
Marshall’s announcement Saturday was first, with the Representatives making their statements Sunday. Marshall’s announcement came a day before the Washington Post released a taped conversation of President Donald Trump urging Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, to find enough votes to reverse the state’s results and possibly give Trump a second term. The announcements come after several people in Trump’s administration, including former Attorney General William Barr, have said there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the presidential election.
Congress has a joint session Wednesday to certify the results of the Electoral College last month, which affirmed Democrat Joe Biden as President-Elect.
