Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah., took purpose at Sen. Bob Casey over the Pennsylvania Democrat’s refusal to concede the election, arguing that the Senate might refuse to seat him if he continues to depend on “unlawful votes.”
“If Bob Casey doesn’t concede, Pennsylvania retains counting unlawful votes, & Casey depends on these votes to say victory, the Senate might refuse to seat him,” Lee stated in a submit on X Saturday whereas citing Article I, Sec. 5, Cl. 1, which states that every “Home shall be the Decide of the Elections, Returns, and {Qualifications} of its personal Members.”
The remark comes as Pennsylvania’s Senate race will likely be determined by a recount after Republican Sen.-elect Dave McCormick received the election by roughly 26,000 votes, or throughout the one share level margin that triggers an computerized recount below Pennsylvania legislation.
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Sen. Mike Lee speaks throughout a information convention within the Capitol on July 20, 2021. (Invoice Clark/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Photographs)
Casey has refused to concede the election regardless of the competition being known as by a number of shops, as an alternative insisting {that a} winner be declared in any case votes are counted.
However questions stay in regards to the votes Casey is attempting to depend after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court docket dominated that ballots that lack required signatures and dates are usually not allowed to be included in official outcomes, a ruling that’s being ignored by Democratic officers in Philadelphia and surrounding Bucks and Montgomery counties.
“I feel everyone knows that precedent by a courtroom doesn’t matter anymore on this nation,” Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia, a Democrat, stated final week. “Individuals violate legal guidelines anytime they need. So, for me, if I violate this legislation, it’s as a result of I need a courtroom to concentrate. There’s nothing extra essential than counting votes.”
Sen. Bob Casey addresses supporters throughout a marketing campaign rally on Sept. 21, 2018, in Philadelphia. (Mark Makela/Getty Photographs)
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Republican Nationwide Committee Chairman Michael Whatley has condemned Democrats in Pennsylvania, accusing the celebration of trying to “steal” the election from McCormick.
“Let’s be clear about what’s occurring right here: Democrats in Pennsylvania are overtly attempting to interrupt the legislation by trying to depend unlawful ballots. They’re doing this as a result of they need to steal a senate seat,” he stated on X.
Lee, in the meantime, has urged Casey to desert the battle over the ballots voluntarily and permit McCormick to take his seat within the Senate.
Republican Sen.-elect Dave McCormick and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey (Getty Photographs)
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“Bob Casey, you’re higher than this,” Lee stated in one other submit on X. “It’s time to concede.”
The Casey marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to a Fox Information Digital request for remark.
