Baier presses Hawley over elector challenge: Are you arguing ‘Trump will be president’ Jan. 20?
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., informed Fox News Monday night time that he intends to problem slates of electors from a handful of swing states “to raise the concerns that my constituents have” in regards to the 2020 presidential election.
“I have heard from people like I’ve never heard before over the last month about this election,” Hawley informed Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum throughout particular protection of the Georgia Senate runoffs. “They have major, major concerns about the integrity, the fairness of this election. And they expect me to stand up and to raise those concerns. And this is the only forum I have to do it.”
Hawley added that his constituents additionally “want action.
“They need an investigation into these irregularities. They need new election legal guidelines to ensure that our elections are safe going ahead,” he said. “This is my probability to face up and converse for them. And anyone has bought to take their issues critically and converse up. And that is what I’m going to do.”
CRUZ-LED GROUP TO OBJECT TO CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS IN AT LEAST ONE STATE
“I simply need to pin you down on on what you’re making an attempt to do,” Baier told Hawley later in the segment. “Are you making an attempt to say that, as of January twentieth, that President Trump will be president?”
“Well, that will depend on what occurs on Wednesday,” Hawley answered. “I imply, this is the reason we have now the controversy.”
“No, it would not,” Baier responded. “I imply, the states, by the Constitution … they certify the election. They did certify it. By the Constitution, Congress would not have the appropriate to overturn the certification, at the least as most specialists learn it.”
At another point in the interview, Hawley restated that “that is my solely alternative throughout this course of to boost an objection and to be heard. I haven’t got standing to file lawsuits. I’m not a prosecutor anymore … I can examine claims of voter fraud alone, however I do have a duty, on this joint session of Congress to both say ‘I’ve bought no downside with it’ or ‘I do have an issue with it.'”
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“Don’t you have the duty to your constituents, do not you have a duty to inform them that it is not going to be President Trump as of January twenty first as effectively?” asked Baier.
“What I’m making an attempt to do one thing extra than simply that,” Hawley answered. “I imply, that is in regards to the integrity of our elections and that is about taking a stand the place you can take a stand.”
