Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska and Pat Toomey, R- Pa., are pushing back on the dozen Republican lawmakers who have said they will not vote to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
The senators, led by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said they will object to certifying the results from certain states, like Pennsylvania, unless an emergency 10-day audit is completed by an electoral commission -- but Toomey defended his state saying that Trump's loss was "explained by the decline in suburban support."
"A fundamental, defining feature of a democratic republic is the right of the people to elect their own leaders," Toomey said in a Saturday statement. "The effort by Senators Hawley, Cruz, and others to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in swing states like Pennsylvania directly undermines this right."
The Pennsylvania Republican also accused the GOP push to object the Electoral College vote as an "effort to disenfranchise millions of voters."