\u201cI cannot vote to certify the electoral college results on Jan. 6 without raising the fact that some states, particularly Pennsylvania, failed to follow their own state election laws<\/strong>,\u201d Hawley\u00a0wrote in a statement<\/a>\u00a0on Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I cannot vote to certify without pointing out the unprecedented effort of mega-corporations, including Facebook and Twitter, to interfere in this election, in support of Joe Biden,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hawley said that Congress should investigate voter fraud allegations and make sure that future elections are secure. According to the Missouri Republican, both chambers have failed to act in an appropriate manner.<\/p>\n \u201cFor these reasons,\u201d Hawley continued,\u00a0\u201cI will follow the same practice Democrat members of Congress have in years past and object during the certification process on Jan. 6 to raise these critical issues<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hawley noted that Democrats objected during the 2004 and 2016 elections \u201cin order to raise concerns\u201d about election integrity. \u201cThey were praised by Democratic leadership and the media when they\u201d objected, Hawley added, saying that they \u201cwere entitled to do so\u201d and Republicans concerned about election integrity in the Nov. 3 election \u201care entitled to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n For the past several weeks,\u00a0Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) and other House\u00a0GOP<\/a>\u00a0lawmakers have pledged to object to the counting of the Electoral College votes during the Joint Session of Congress<\/strong>. Their effort requires a senator and a House member that would trigger a series of debates before a vote on whether to certify a state\u2019s Electoral College votes is held.<\/p>\n Some members of the GOP leadership, including Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.), have said their efforts are doomed to fail.\u00a0And over the past weekend, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), in comments widely publicized by news outlets, referred to Brooks\u2019s effort as \u201ca scam.\u201d<\/p>\n And, according to anonymously sourced reports, Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told GOP senators that they should not take part in the House GOP-led effort on Jan. 6. Another Republican, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), said the attempt to challenge the votes is an improbable one.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s basically going through the motions<\/strong>,\u201d Cornyn said,\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0The Hill.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a futile exercise.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n But Brooks, for his part, indicated that\u00a0\u201cdozens\u201d of House members back the effort<\/strong>. \u201cWe\u2019re going to sponsor and co-sponsor objections to the Electoral College vote returns,\u201d Brooks told Fox News on Dec. 28.<\/p>\n In a previous interview with The Epoch Times\u2019\u00a0American Thought Leaders<\/a>\u00a0program, Brooks said he believes the Electoral College vote can be rejected, and the election can ultimately be decided in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n Former California Sen. Barbara Boxer \u201ctried to strike Ohio for George Bush back in 2005, so this is not unusual,\u201d Brooks said in an interview with\u00a0Fox Business<\/a>\u00a0on Dec. 15. \u201cThe law is very clear, the House of Representatives in combination with the United States Senate has the lawful authority to accept or reject Electoral College vote submissions from states that have such flawed election systems that they\u2019re not worthy of our trust.\u201d<\/p>\n The new Congress is slated to be sworn in on Jan. 3.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/Hawley-Sen-700x420.jpg?itok=oKOO5b-E\")
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