The day before her runoff election, U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler said Monday she would be among the Republicans objecting to the Electoral College certification process that takes place in Congress on Wednesday.
Loeffler, who is facing Democrat Raphael Warnock in Tuesday’s runoff, appeared with President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Dalton on Monday.
Before that, her office released the following statement from her:
“Elections are the bedrock of our democracy and the American people deserve to be 100% confident in our election system and its outcomes. But right now, tens of millions of Americans have real concerns about the way in which the November Presidential election was conducted — and I share their concerns.
“The American people deserve a platform in Congress, permitted under the Constitution, to have election issues presented so that they can be addressed. That’s why, on January 6th, I will vote to give President Trump and the American people the fair hearing they deserve and support the objection to the Electoral College certification process. I have also already introduced legislation to establish a commission to investigate election irregularities and recommend election integrity measures, which I will be working to get passed in the Senate. We must restore trust, confidence and integrity in our election system.”
Loeffler’s statement said she will be objecting individually, and not as part of a group of Republican senators led by Ted Cruz of Texas who have supported Trump’s claims of election fraud, including in Georgia.
Over the weekend, Trump spoke to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, asking him to “find” 11,780 votes, the difference in the certified state results won by Democratic president-elect Joe Biden.
On Monday, Gabriel Sterling, a top elections aide to Raffensperger, said at a news conference that Trump continues to engage in “misinformation” and “disinformation” about presidential voting in Georgia.
He urged Georgia voters who believe their vote isn’t being counted to make sure they vote in the runoffs.
“Throwing it away because you believe it doesn’t matter is a self-fulfilling prophecy,” said Sterling, a Republican.
At Monday’s rally in Dalton, Trump repeatedly claimed he won Georgia and the national election handily.
In November, Loeffler sponsored the Securing America’s Future Elections and Votes (SAFE Votes) Act that would create a bipartisan commission to review the 2020 election.
For the moment, Loeffler is Georgia’s only senator.
The term of Sen. David Perdue, a Republican in a runoff battle against Jon Ossoff, technically expired on Dec. 31, and he will not be able to take part in the Congressional Electoral College certification on Wednesday.
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