Friday, December 11, 2020

Here are the Republican members of Congress who signed on to the suit to throw out the votes in 4 states

More than 120 of the 196 Republican members of the House of Representatives signed their names to an amicus brief on Thursday in support of a Texas lawsuit filed with the U.S. Supreme Court that seeks to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election and keep Donald Trump in office for a second term.

The lawsuit, which the Supreme Court rejected Friday evening, looked to throw out the results in four states won by Biden: Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the suit had been joined by 17 other states that voted for Trump. It relied on a dubious statistical analysis to claim that Biden could not possibly have legally received over 7 million votes more than Trump, and seeks to disenfranchise votes cast in the four states, while leaving vote totals intact in all others.

Responding to the lawsuit in a brief filed Thursday, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro called the attempt to overturn the will of the voters “seditious.”

“The court should not abide this seditious abuse of the judicial process, and should send a clear and unmistakable signal that such abuse must never be replicated,” the brief stated.

The decision by Republican lawmakers to sign the amicus brief has set off a firestorm of controversy, with critics accusing them of an attempt to subvert democracy.

In a Friday editorial, the Orlando Sentinel’s editorial board apologized for its endorsement of Rep. Michael Waltz, one of the Republicans who signed the brief.

“We apologize to our readers for endorsing Michael Waltz in the 2020 general election for Congress. We had no idea, had no way of knowing at the time, that Waltz was not committed to democracy.”

Whether the brief comes to be viewed as a scarlet letter, forever tarnishing the careers of the lawmakers who signed it, or a point of honor in future elections, remains to be seen. For now, here’s a list of the Republicans who lent their names to an effort to throw out the votes of more than 10 million Americans to keep Trump in office.

Alabama

Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images)

Rep. Gary Palmer, Fifth Congressional District

Rep. Mo Brooks, Fifth Congressional District

Rep. Bradley Byrne, First Congressional District

Rep. Robert Aderholt, Fourth Congressional District

Arizona

Rep. Andy Biggs, Fifth Congressional District

Rep. Debbie Lesko, Eighth Congressional District

Arkansas

Rep. Rick Crawford, First Congressional District

Rep. Bruce Westerman, Fourth Congressional District

California

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images)

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, 23rd Congressional District

Rep. Ken Calvert, 42nd Congressional District

Rep. Doug LaMalfa, First Congressional District

Rep. Tom McClintock, Fourth Congressional District

Colorado

Rep. Ken Buck, Fourth Congressional District

Rep. Doug Lamborn, Fifth Congressional District

Florida

Rep. Matt Gaetz, First Congressional District

Rep. Ted Yoho, Third Congressional District

Rep. Gus Bilirakis, 12th Congressional District

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, 25th Congressional District

Rep. John Rutherford, Fourth Congressional District

Rep. Daniel Webster, 11th Congressional District

Rep. Michael Waltz, Sixth Congressional District

Rep. Ross Spano, 15th Congressional District

Rep. Neal Dunn, Second Congressional District

Georgia

Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga. (Drew Angerer/Pool via Reuters)

Rep. Doug Collins, Ninth Congressional District

Rep. Rick W. Allen, 12th Congressional District

Rep. Earl Carter, First Congressional District

Rep. Drew Ferguson, Third Congressional District

Rep. Austin Scott, Eighth Congressional District

Idaho

Rep. Russ Fulcher, First Congressional District

Rep. Mike Simpson, Second Congressional District

Illinois

Rep. Mike Bost, 12th Congressional District

Rep. Darin LaHood, 18th Congressional District

Indiana

Rep. James Baird, Fourth Congressional District

Rep. Jim Banks, Third Congressional District

Rep. Trey Hollingsworth, Ninth Congressional District

Rep. Greg Pence, Sixth Congressional District

Rep. Jackie Walorski, Second Congressional District

Iowa

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)

Rep. Steve King, Fourth Congressional District

Kansas

Rep. Ron Estes, Fourth Congressional District

Rep. Roger Marshall, First Congressional District

Louisiana

Rep. Steve Scalise, First Congressional District

Rep. Mike Johnson, Fourth Congressional District

Rep. Ralph Abraham, Fifth Congressional District

Rep. Clay Higgins, Third Congressional District

Maryland

Rep. Andy Harris, First Congressional District

Michigan

Rep. Jack Bergman, First Congressional District

Rep. Bill Huizenga, Second Congressional District

Rep. Tim Walberg, Seventh Congressional District

Rep. John Moolenaar, Fourth Congressional District

Minnesota

Rep. Tom Emmer, Sixth Congressional District

Rep. Jim Hagedorn, First Congressional District

Mississippi

Rep. Michael Guest, Third Congressional District

Rep. Trent Kelly, First Congressional District

Missouri

Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. Sam Graves, Sixth Congressional District

Rep. Vicky Hartzler, Fourth Congressional District

Rep. Jason Smith, Eighth Congressional District

Rep. Ann Wagner, Second Congressional District

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, Third Congressional District

Montana

Rep. Greg Gianforte, at-large district

Nebraska

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, First Congressional District

Rep. Adrian Smith, Third Congressional District

New Jersey

Rep. Jeff Van Drew, Second Congressional District

New York

Rep. Elise Stefanik, 21st Congressional District

Rep. Lee Zeldin, First Congressional District

North Carolina

Rep. Dan Bishop, Ninth Congressional District

Rep. Ted Budd, 13th Congressional District

Rep. Virginia Foxx, Fifth Congressional District

Rep. Richard Hudson, Eighth Congressional District

Rep. David Rouzer, Seventh Congressional District

Rep. Gregory Murphy, Third Congressional District

Ohio

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Rep. Jim Jordan, Fourth Congressional District

Rep. Bob Gibbs, Seventh Congressional District

Rep. Bill Johnson, Sixth Congressional District

Rep. Robert E. Latta, Fifth Congressional District

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Second Congressional District

Oklahoma

Rep. Kevin Hern, First Congressional District

Rep. Markwayne Mullin, Second Congressional District

Pennsylvania

Rep. John Joyce, 13th Congressional District

Rep. Fred Keller, 12th Congressional District

Rep. Mike Kelly, 16th Congressional District

Rep. Dan Meuser, Ninth Congressional District

Rep. Scott Perry, 10th Congressional District

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, 14th Congressional District

Rep. Glenn Thompson, 15th Congressional District

South Carolina

Rep. Jeff Duncan, Third Congressional District

Rep. Ralph Norman, Fifth Congressional District

Rep. Tom Rice, Seventh Congressional District

Rep. William Timmons, Fourth Congressional District

Rep. Joe Wilson, Second Congressional District

Tennessee

Rep. Tim Burchett, Second Congressional District

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Third Congressional District

Rep. Mark Green, Seventh Congressional District

Rep. David Kustoff, Eighth Congressional District

Rep. John Rose, Sixth Congressional District

Rep. Scott DesJarlais, Fourth Congressional District

Texas

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via Reuters)

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Second Congressional District

Rep. Kevin Brady, Eighth Congressional District

Rep. Michael Burgess, 26th Congressional District

Rep. Michael Cloud, 27th Congressional District

Rep. Mike Conaway, 11th Congressional District

Rep. Bill Flores, 17th Congressional District

Rep. Louie Gohmert, First Congressional District

Rep. Lance Gooden, Fifth Congressional District

Rep. Kenny Marchant, 24th Congressional District

Rep. Randy Weber, 14th Congressional District

Rep. Roger Williams, 25th Congressional District

Rep. Ron Wright, Sixth Congressional District

Rep. Jodey Arrington, 19th Congressional District

Rep. Brian Babin, 36th Congressional District

Virginia

Rep. Ben Cline, Sixth Congressional District

Rep. Rob Wittman, First Congressional District

Rep. H. Morgan Griffith, Ninth Congressional District

Washington

Rep. Dan Newhouse, Fourth Congressional District

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Fifth Congressional District

West Virginia

Rep. Carol Miller, Third Congressional District

Rep. Alex Mooney, Second Congressional District

Wisconsin

Rep. Tom Tiffany, Seventh Congressional District

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