January 17, 2021 4:07 p.m.
Reps. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Paul Meijer (R-MI) on Sunday expressed their disappointment with their Republican colleagues who voted to challenge the election results hours after the deadly insurrection at the Capitol that left five dead.
Appearing on MSNBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Mace said she found it “enormously disappointing” to witness more than 130 of her House Republican colleagues vote to object to President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory, especially after lawmakers’ lives were threatened during the deadly insurrection at the Capitol earlier this month.
“I literally had to walk through a crime scene where that young woman was shot and killed to get into the chamber to vote that night to certify what was supposed to be a ceremonial vote to certify the Electoral College,” Mace said. “And yet, my colleagues continued to object and they knew this was a failing motion. These objections were not going t