Sen. John Kennedy will join roughly a dozen Senate Republicans this Wednesday in attempting to overturn voters' and the Electoral College's decision to elect Joe Biden as the next President of the United States.
"The 2020 election...featured unprecedented allegations of voter fraud, violations and lax enforcement of election law, and other voting irregularities," claimed a joint statement from Kennedy, along with Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), as well as Senators-elect Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.).
A similar objection is planned in the House of Representatives.
President Donald Trump has said repeatedly, and without evidence, that there was "massive fraud" in the November 3 election. Several court challenges have been rejected for lack of evidence, and every case that Mr. Trump or people filing on his behalf brought to the U.S. Supreme Court was turned away.
Former Vice President Joe Biden received more than 81 million votes, or 51.3 percent, to Mr. Trump's 74 million. In the Electoral College, Mr. Biden defeated Mr. Trump 306 to 232.
The objection planned by House and Senate Republicans will send the joint session into two hours of debate, in which no evidence or witnesses will be presented, but members will make statements.
Both the House and Senate would have to agree to reject electors' votes, and since the Democratic party holds a majority of U.S. House seats, the last-ditch effort to undo Mr. Biden's election is almost certain to fail. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) has also urged his party not to reject Mr. Biden's election.
The House and Senate hold a joint session Wednesday, January 6, to certify the Electoral College results.
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