Thread by @MEPFuller

I just went through the Twitters of all 126 House Republicans who signed on to that Texas lawsuit petition.

A few thoughts: [Thread]

The first takeaway is that the vast majority of these members — probably close to 100 — seem to have said nothing at all about the petition.

They didn’t note that they signed on, and they haven’t noted that the Supreme Court quickly rejected the case.

My best guess is that the majority of these Republicans would love to memory-hole the fact that they signed on to an effort to toss out the election results and disenfranchise millions of voters.

It’s simply another act of service for Trump to them.

Only a few Republicans have tweeted about the petition since the Supreme Court rejected it.

Of the few, they are generally the most pro-Trump members in Congress:

I saw two Republicans at the moment who were trying to spin the lawsuit into something that it’s not, defending their actions as, like, ‘letting the legal process play out.’

I saw one Republican who signed the amicus brief who seemed to think the rejection of the lawsuit was the final moment of Trump’s effort to overturn the election: Bruce Westerman.

Another takeaway was just how seldom some members of Congress tweet.

The most egregious case was current Rep. and Montana Governor-elect Greg Gianforte. He actually hasn’t tweeted in more than a year!

Also pretty clear how many Republicans take messaging advice from the GOP conference.

I can’t tell you how many times I saw this Happy Hannukkah image.

But to get back to the point a bit more, GOP leaders haven’t really spoken or tweeted about the petition.

Again, they’d just you rather forget about this.

Another takeaway was just how many Republicans were nearly anonymous, rank-and-file guys. A lot of these members aren’t guys you see on Fox News screaming about, like, Eric Swalwell.

(Although Eric Swalwell was a very common Twitter topic for a lot of these Republicans!)

My final takeaway is that there are members on that list who are very surprising.

I know every Republican has gotten behind Trump, but I’m not even sure Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Mike Simpson, or Bill Flores votes for Trump in 2016.

They all signed on to the petition.