Updated
Jan 02, 2021
Cruz Joins GOP Senate Block That Will Challenge Biden's Victory
The 11 Republicans join Sen. Josh Hawley in objecting when the Electoral College results are tallied in Congress.
Jason Lange and Timothy Gardner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Saturday said he will be among a dozen Republican senators who will challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when Electoral College results are tallied in Congress next week – a largely symbolic move that has little chance of preventing Biden from taking office.
The Republicans join Senator Josh Hawley, who earlier this week became the first sitting member of the Senate to announce he would challenge the election result. A number of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives also plan on contesting the vote tally.