Sedition Caucus
The Sedition Caucus was the moniker name given to a group of 139 House Republican Representatives and 8 Senators who contested the Congressional certification of the 2021 Electoral College count on January 6, 2021, the final step in the process of the 2020 United States presidential election.[1] They formally objected to certifying the victory of Democratic candidate Joe Biden over incumbent Republican candidate Donald Trump, unless Congress enacted an unprecedented 10-day audit of the election results.[2][3] Spurred on by extensive baseless conspiracy theories and misinformation on social media, some far-right news outlets, and even the President himself regarding the legitimacy of the election, these Congressional members sought to overturn the outcome of the election by attempting to reject the electoral results in the 2020 battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin under the guise of "concern about election integrity". Although procedurally there was no path to actually overturn the results, the act of objection elevated and reinforced the false claim of it being a 'stolen election'. Some of the most prominent and vocal members included Senators Josh Hawley (R-MI) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO),
The Congressional Joint Session lasted less than an hour before the historic Storming of the United States Capitol, in which a mob of far-right extremists supporting President Trump, fueled by the same rhetoric extolled by the Caucus members, overpowered and breached Capitol defenses in the middle of the Arizona objection debate in an attempt to overturn the election by force. Following a several hour emergency recess of the proceedings while the Capitol was locked down and re-secured, with many outlets going to far as to label the attack a failed coup attempt[4][5] , the process resumed. Afterwards some lawmakers abandoned their desire to proceed with sustaining their objections further and plans to contest Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin were scrapped. However, these 147 members nevertheless proceeded to vote against the certification of Arizona, and later, Pennsylvania.[6]
The resulting efforts of these members to continue with their objections to the election immediately after an unprecedented attack on the democratic process quickly met with widespread condemnation from both sides of the political aisle and from the public in general, up to and including calls for their expulsion from Congress for continuing to push for overturning the election mere hours after the attack ended.[7]
The participating 8 Republican members of the Senate were:
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Josh Hawley (R-MO)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
John Kennedy (R-LA)
Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Roger Marshall (R-KS)
Rick Scott (R-FL)
Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
Note: Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Steve Daines (R-MT), James Lankford (R-OK) and Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) Georgia originally planned to object to the proceedings but backed out due to the events of that afternoon.[8]
The 139 Republican House members were:
Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Rick Allen (R-GA)
Jodey Arrington (R-TX)
Brian Babin (R-TX)
Jim Baird (R-IN)
Jim Banks (R-IN)
Cliff Bentz (R-OR)
Jack Bergman (R-MI)
Stephanie Bice (R-OK)
Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
Dan Bishop (R-NC)
Lauren Boebert (R-CO)
Mike Bost (R-IL)
Mo Brooks (R-AL)
Ted Budd (R-NC)
Tim Burchett (R-TN)
Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Kat Cammack (R-FL)
Jerry Carl (R-AL)
Earl Carter (R-GA)
John Carter (R-TX)
Madison Cawthorn (R-NC)
Steve Chabot (R-OH)
Ben Cline (R-VA)
Michael Cloud (R-TX)
Andrew Clyde (R-GA)
Tom Cole (R-OK)
Rick Crawford (R-AR)
Warren Davidson (R-OH)
Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Byron Donalds (R-FL)
Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
Neal Dunn (R-FL)
Ron Estes (R-KS)
Pat Fallon (R-TX)
Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)
Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI)
Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN)
Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
C. Scott Franklin (R-FL)
Russ Fulcher (R-ID)
Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
Mike Garcia (R-CA)
Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
Carlos Gimenez (R-FL)
Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
Bob Good (R-VA)
Lance Gooden (R-TX)
Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
Sam Graves (R-MO)
Mark Green (R-TN)
Marjorie Greene (R-GA)
Morgan Griffith (R-VA)
Michael Guest (R-MS)
Jim Hagedorn (R-MN)
Andy Harris (R-MD)
Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)
Kevin Hern (R-OK)
Yvette Herrell (R-NM)
Jody Hice (R-GA)
Clay Higgins (R-LA)
Richard Hudson (R-NC)
Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Ronny Jackson (R-TX)
Chris Jacobs (R-NY)
Mike Johnson (R-LA)
Bill Johnson (R-OH)
Jim Jordan (R-OH)
John Joyce (R-PA)
Fred Keller (R-PA)
Trent Kelly (R-MS)
Mike Kelly (R-PA)
David Kustoff (R-TN)
Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
Jake LaTurner (R-KS)
Debbie Lesko (R-AZ)
Billy Long (R-MO)
Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)
Frank Lucas (R-OK)
Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
Tracey Mann (R-KS)
Brian Mast (R-FL)
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
Lisa McClain (R-MI)
Daniel Meuser (R-PA)
Mary Miller (R-IL)
Carol Miller (R-WV)
Alexander Mooney (R-WV)
Barry Moore (R-AL)
Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
Greg Murphy (R-NC)
Troy Nehls (R-TX)
Ralph Norman (R-SC)
Devin Nunes (R-CA)
Jay Obernolte (R-CA)
Burgess Owens (R-UT)
Steven Palazzo (R-MS)
Gary Palmer (R-AL)
Greg Pence (R-IN)
Scott Perry (R-PA)
August Pfluger (R-TX)
Bill Posey (R-FL)
Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)
Tom Rice (R-SC)
Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Harold Rogers (R-KY)
John Rose (R-TN)
Matthew Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT)
David Rouzer (R-NC)
John Rutherford (R-FL)
Steve Scalise (R-LA)
David Schweikert (R-AZ)
Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Jason Smith (R-MO)
Adrian Smith (R-NE)
Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
W. Gregory Steube (R-FL)
Chris Stewart (R-UT)
Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
Thomas Tiffany (R-WI)
William Timmons IV (R-SC)
Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
Beth Van Duyne (R-TX)
Tim Walberg (R-MI)
Jackie Walorski (R-IN)
Randy Weber, Sr. (R-TX)
Daniel Webster (R-FL)
Roger Williams (R-TX)
Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Robert Wittman (R-VA)
Ron Wright (R-TX)
Lee Zeldin (R-NY)
Note: Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) originally planned to object to the proceedings but backed out due to the events of that afternoon.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ Allen, Nick (2021-01-07). "Democrats hit out at 'Sedition Caucus' of Republican senators who voted to throw out election results". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
A group of Republican senators who objected to the election results have been called the 'Sedition Caucus' and accused by Democrats of 'standing with the mob'.
- ↑ Carney, Jordain (2021-01-02). "11 Senate Republicans say they will oppose Electoral College results Wednesday". TheHill. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ↑ Correspondent, Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington. "At least 140 House Republicans to vote against counting electoral votes, two GOP lawmakers say". CNN. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ↑ Ecarma, Caleb. "Trump's Increasingly Crazed Election Coup Is Dividing Right-Wing Media". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ↑ Heer, Jeet (2021-01-04). "A Clown Coup That Deserves Serious Punishment". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ↑ Yourish, Karen; Buchanan, Larry; Lu, Denise (2021-01-07). "The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
- ↑ Rubin, Jennifer (2021-01-04). "The Senate's coup-staging 'Dirty Dozen' shouldn't be allowed to hold office". Washington Post. Unknown parameter
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "McMorris Rodgers Statement on Protests in Nation's Capital". Cathy McMorris Rodgers. 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
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