Trump and 106 Republicans in the House support it. They won’t accept that Trump lost. It’s frightening. The majority of Republicans will never accept that Biden won. This is doing permanent damage.
There will be more voter suppression to prevent the fraud that didn’t happen.
A longshot, Trump-supported lawsuit from Texas is asking SCOTUS for an emergency order to invalidate the ballots of millions of voters in four battleground states — Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — despite no evidence of widespread fraud. https://t.co/dGs7ym3qtF
— CNN (@CNN) December 10, 2020
Trump supports ‘garbage’ TX lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to invalidate millions of votes @GloriaBorger @RonBrownstein discuss pic.twitter.com/P22h2SJA5I
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 10, 2020
More than half of the House Republican caucus now says they support Trump's latest undemocratic attempt to overturn the 2020 election @kaitlancollins reports pic.twitter.com/fvOjuPy1l2
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) December 10, 2020
"Seditious abuse of the process." Damn right. https://t.co/iGfu3Cpj2y
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 10, 2020
More than half of the caucus. We're in trouble. https://t.co/qSArLZidVv
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) December 10, 2020
Here are current GOP House members plotted by how conservative their district is (horizontal) and how conservative their voting behavior is (vertical). Amicus brief signers (in red) are only slightly more conservative on both scales. pic.twitter.com/uRoOexbTiH
— Seth Masket (@smotus) December 10, 2020
thank you Senator Cornyn. there is no legal theory and the conservative majority Supreme Court will reject it out of hand. https://t.co/3UTDsrlWyC
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) December 10, 2020
Today, a number of my colleagues will be filing an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit filed by the State of Texas regarding the election results of several other states. Respectfully, I will not join because I believe the case itself represents a dangerous violation… (1/5)
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) December 10, 2020
Ohio's GOP AG tells Supreme Court his state opposes Texas' election suit — says it would violate Constitution's electors clause for a federal court to change election rules adopted by state legislature. (That position was widely held by conservatives until a few weeks ago.) pic.twitter.com/yTgkx1Lsoc
— Greg Stohr (@GregStohr) December 10, 2020
BREAKING: Today, I joined 22 other attorneys general in filing a brief with the United States Supreme Court opposing Texas’ radical, anti-democratic lawsuit. This suit seeks to overturn the will of the people by throwing out the votes of tens of millions Americans. 1/
— Josh Stein (@JoshStein_) December 10, 2020
GOP superlawyer Ben Ginsburg: "I don't think the Supreme Court, for an instant, will consider taking up this case. What it shows you, I think… is that how far the Republican party has sort of corroded in basic beliefs under Donald Trump in this area." https://t.co/C0ufmzJjTz
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 10, 2020
I'm still seeing a lot of concern about the Texas Supreme Court filing, which is understandable. From a certain angle, it looks imposing.
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) December 10, 2020
So here, in sum, is why there's no need for alarm (thread):
This is not a serious legal case or argument, writes @CillizzaCNN. It "isn't about winning a legal fight. It's about preserving political strength." | Analysis https://t.co/CEHZEAkrew
— CNN (@CNN) December 10, 2020
READ: Brief from 106 Republicans backing Texas' Supreme Court lawsuit seeking to overturn President Trump's defeat in four battleground states https://t.co/cEuxlFuw2n pic.twitter.com/u3mQxv71Ze
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 10, 2020
Think people are underrating the possibility that the SCOTUS takes up this case, and holds that the original intent is that state legislatures DO have plenary authority over allocation of electors. That doesn’t overturn this election but sets the stage for a future GOP takeover. https://t.co/WBf4SALrIt
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) December 10, 2020
Sad! 