Senator Tom Cotton Says He Will Not Object To The Electoral Vote
Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas announced late Sunday evening that he would not be joining the twelve US Senators planning to object to the certification of electoral votes on January 6th in a statement.
Senator Cotton stated that he shares the, “concerns of many Arkansans about irregularities in the presidential election, especially in states that rushed through election-law changes to relax standards for voting-by-mail.”
The Senator from Arkansas added that, “Nevertheless, the Founders entrusted our elections chiefly to the states—not Congress. They entrusted the election of our president to the people, acting through the Electoral College—not Congress. And they entrusted the adjudication of election disputes to the courts—not Congress.”
Senator Cotton concluded with, “I will not oppose the counting of certified electoral votes on January 6. I’m grateful for what the president accomplished over the past four years, which is why I campaigned vigorously for his reelection. But objecting to certified electoral votes won’t give him a second term—it will only embolden those Democrats who want to erode further our system of constitutional government.”
You can read the Senator’s full statement here.
Several conservative pundits did not take well to the news from Senator Cotton’s office on Sunday evening taking to Twitter to voice their concerns.
The top reactions are embedded below:
Other conservatives/Republicans tweeted in support of Cotton and his decision to not challenge the electoral votes.
January 6th will be the one of the final opportunities for Republicans and Trump supporters alike to delay or change the results of the election.
In all likelihood, the American people should be prepared for a Biden presidency to take form in the coming weeks, especially if Senators like Tom Cotton are not going to be taking up the challenge on January 6th.
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