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AdvertisementFormer U.S. Sen. John Danforth criticizes Hawley’s challenge to election resultsHide TranscriptShow Transcriptworking people four weeks. Missouri Senator Josh Holly has been pointing to the Wednesday certification vote in mid December. Holly, while refusing to acknowledge Joe Biden, is president elect. You know I'm still not there, Mike. I think this process is gonna end on January the sixth Monday, former U. N ambassador and Missouri Senator Jack Danforth called Holly's objector movement a highly destructive attack on our constitutional government. It's the opposite of conservative. It's radical. Three Missouri Republican House members Vicky Hartzler, Sam Graves in southeast Missouri is Jason Smith. Same Missouri voters were harmed to Kansas. New Senator Roger Marshall is an objector, comparing the allegations to treating one of his patients. Check the symptoms, diagnose and then treat. This election is no different, he said. We must hold accountable any state the disregarded the law and our Constitution. Kansas Congressman Ron Estes, Tracy Man and J. Clue Turner also objectors, and the Kansas GOP chief, Michael Kelman, says it's like a company on it. Every publicly traded company in America undergoes an audit of their financials. It doesn't mean that that in the end that there was any any irregularities, but it might mean there are irregularities but what it does is shine a light on it. Almost all of the president's claims of election fraud have been rejected by the courts, and even many Republicans doubt that the certification objections on Wednesday will succeed Michael Mahoney, KNBC nine news.AdvertisementFormer U.S. Sen. John Danforth criticizes Hawley’s challenge to election resultsFormer U.S. Sen. John Danforth from Missouri issued a statement Monday slamming Sen. Josh Hawley’s plan to object to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.Hawley announced last week he will not vote to certify Biden’s victory when Congress meets Wednesday to ratify the results of the 2020 election. Danforth, who was a key supporter of Hawley in his race against former Sen. Claire McCaskill, said lending credence to President Donald Trump’s “false claim that the election was stolen is a highly destructive attack on our constitutional government.”“It is the opposite of conservative; it is radical,” Danforth said in the statement. “As one friend asked me, ‘What are my grandchildren to think of America if they are told that elections are fraudulent?’”“At a time of extreme polarization, the populist strategy is to drive America even farther apart by promoting conspiracy theories and stoking grievances. We must reject this strategy and reclaim America’s historic purpose of holding our diverse nation together as one people.”Hawley was the first senator to say he will object to certification after a handful of House Republicans indicated they would do the same. Hawley alleges that some states failed to follow their election laws and that tech companies interfered on behalf of Biden.However, Hawley's challenge is expected to have no bearing on the ultimate outcome of the election – numerous GOP senators have accepted Biden as president-elect and the Democrats control the House – but it will delay the certification of Biden's victory and force every member of the House and Senate on the record affirming Biden's win.Over the weekend, four Republican U.S. House members from Missouri said they plan to join Missouri Hawley in protesting the election outcome. On Sunday, Kansas' three Republican U.S. representatives said Sunday they would also challenge the outcome. Danforth served as a U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1976 through 1995.Several Republican senators spoke out over the weekend against Hawley and other Republican’s efforts.“The 2020 election is over,” said a statement Sunday from a bipartisan group of 10 senators, including Republicans Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Mitt Romney of Utah.The senators wrote that further attempts to cast doubt on the election are “contrary to the clearly expressed will of the American people and only serve to undermine Americans’ confidence in the already determined election results.”Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland said, “The scheme by members of Congress to reject the certification of the presidential election makes a mockery of our system and who we are as Americans.”Former House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican, said in a statement that “Biden’s victory is entirely legitimate" and that efforts to sow doubt about the election “strike at the foundation of our republic.”Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the third-ranking House Republican, warned in a memo to colleagues that objections to the Electoral College results “set an exceptionally dangerous precedent.”Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth from Missouri issued a statement Monday slamming Sen. Josh Hawley’s victory.Hawley when Congress meets Wednesday to ratify the results of the 2020 election.AdvertisementDanforth, who was a key supporter of Hawley in his race against former Sen. Claire McCaskill, said lending credence to President Donald Trump’s “false claim that the election was stolen is a highly destructive attack on our constitutional government.”“It is the opposite of conservative; it is radical,” Danforth said in the statement. “As one friend asked me, ‘What are my grandchildren to think of America if they are told that elections are fraudulent?’”“At a time of extreme polarization, the populist strategy is to drive America even farther apart by promoting conspiracy theories and stoking grievances. We must reject this strategy and reclaim America’s historic purpose of holding our diverse nation together as one people.”Hawley was the first senator to say he will object to certification after a handful of House Republicans indicated they would do the same. Hawley alleges that some states failed to follow their election laws and that tech companies interfered on behalf of Biden.However, Hawley's challenge is expected to have no bearing on the ultimate outcome of the election – numerous GOP senators have accepted Biden as president-elect and the Democrats control the House – but it will delay the certification of Biden's victory and force every member of the House and Senate on the record affirming Biden's win.Over the weekend, four Republican U.S. House members from Missouri said they plan to . On Sunday, Kansas' three Republican U.S. representatives said Sunday they . Danforth served as a U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1976 through 1995.Several Republican senators spoke out over the weekend against Hawley and other Republican’s efforts.“The 2020 election is over,” said a statement Sunday from a bipartisan group of 10 senators, including Republicans Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Mitt Romney of Utah.The senators wrote that further attempts to cast doubt on the election are “contrary to the clearly expressed will of the American people and only serve to undermine Americans’ confidence in the already determined election results.”Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland said, “The scheme by members of Congress to reject the certification of the presidential election makes a mockery of our system and who we are as Americans.”Former House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican, said in a statement that “Biden’s victory is entirely legitimate" and that efforts to sow doubt about the election “strike at the foundation of our republic.”Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the third-ranking House Republican, warned in a memo to colleagues that objections to the Electoral College results “set an exceptionally dangerous precedent.”Loading more articles...

AdvertisementFormer U.S. Sen. John Danforth criticizes Hawley’s challenge to election resultsHide TranscriptShow Transcriptworking people four weeks. Missouri Senator Josh Holly has been pointing to the Wednesday certification vote in mid December. Holly, while refusing to acknowledge Joe Biden, is president elect. You know I'm still not there, Mike. I think this process is gonna end on January the sixth Monday, former U. N ambassador and Missouri Senator Jack Danforth called Holly's objector movement a highly destructive attack on our constitutional government. It's the opposite of...

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