!!!! Sen. Murray, No. 3 Senate Democrat: "Any Senator who stands up and supports the power of force over the power of democracy has broken their oath of office. Senators Hawley and Cruz should resign.”
from the release: Muray "issued the following statement calling for the resignation of Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), who like the President, incited and supported the violent mob that attacked the Capitol during the certification of the 2020 election."
Cruz spox responds: “Cruz has always condemned political violence of all kinds, unlike Sen. Murray, who this summer defended what she called a ‘vital’ and ‘legitimate’ insurrection in her home state that resulted in four shootings, two deaths, multiple alleged sexual assaults”
Another senior Dem. Wyden: “There must be consequences for senators who would foment a violent mob for personal gain. I call on Senators Hawley and Cruz to resign and accept the responsibility which they so clearly bear.”
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When Stacey Abrams turned Schumer down for Senate, she said there was a candidate just as good as her. Little did he, or we, know at the time that Warnock was the one would finally make Schumer majority leader.
"As usual, Stacey was right," Schumer says
Schumer's job will be difficult, getting Bernie/Manchin on the same page. But maybe not as hard as McConnell's
Schatz: Republicans “divided not by ideology but whether or not one is supportive of the premise of democracy itself. And that seems like a tougher caucus to manage.”
The Senate will reconvene at 8 p.m. to continue certification process, per source.
Senate Republicans are hopeful they have convinced senators to remove their objections to allow the debate to be finished quickly on Wednesday night, according to a source familiar with the talks.
Asked what he wants to hear from Trump, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said: “I don’t want to hear anything.”
“It was a tragic day and I think he was part of it,” he said.
McConnell speaking now against Trump's efforts to overturn the election: "I supported the president's right to use the legal system"
"The courts rejected these claims"
"Nothing before us proves illegality anywhere near the massive scale that would have tipped the entire election. Nor can public doubt alone justify a radical break, when the doubt itself was incited without any evidence"
"The voters, the courts and the states have all spoken. They've all spoken. If we overrule them it would damage our republic forever. This election actually wasn't unusually close"