WASHINGTON – Sen. Ted Cruz announced Saturday that he will oppose certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when Congress meets Wednesday to review the Electoral College outcome, joining 10 GOP Senate colleagues in demanding a 10-day delay to allow an emergency “audit” of results in a handful of states where President Donald Trump disputes the outcome.
Such a delay would put the outcome of the election in doubt until Jan. 16, just four days before the inauguration.
Biden won a decisive 306-232 victory in the Electoral College, and collected 7 million more votes nationwide than Trump.
Roughly 60 federal and state courts have rejected Trump’s allegations of fraud, ballot manipulation or constitutional violations as states expanded mail-in voting during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. Supreme Court twice refused to overturn Biden’s victory, as Cruz and 10 allies — six senators and four others who will be sworn in as senators on Sunday — noted in a statement issued Saturday afternoon announcing their intention to object to Biden’s win, and demanding the emergency audit.
