Pfluger Will Not Vote to Certify Biden’s Presidency

WASHINGTON, DC — On Wednesday, Jan. 6, the U.S. Congress will convene in a joint session to formally count and certify the votes cast in the Nov. 3, 2020 presidential election.

August Pfluger, a newly-elected Republican representing San Angelo’s Congressional District 11, who will be sworn in on Sunday as a member of the 117th Congress, said he will challenge the November election results.

"I will be supporting an election challenge in the U.S. House of Representatives. For our democracy to function everyone must trust in it, and millions of Americans right now do not,” Pfluger said.

"We must give the American people a full debate on all matters related to the election and the constitutional issues at hand.

"For four years Democrats colluded to tear the country apart and question the legitimacy of our democracy - they surrendered any ground to complain about a legitimate process to assess election disputes,” he concluded.

Pfluger joins a number of Republican senators and representatives who will challenge the election results on January 6. Axios reported earlier Saturday that Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) is leading a challenge to the election results in the U.S. Senate joined by 10 others.

The list of senators includes, Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), as well as Sens.-elect Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.).

In the U.S. House, the Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) and Rep. Mo Brooks (R- Ala.) have announced their intentions to dispute the results. On Dec. 15, Pfluger signed a letter along with 25 other new members of the 117th Congress requesting that Speaker Nancy Pelosi investigate the Nov. 3 election’s irregularities. Among those who signed the letter, Rep. Ronny Jackson promised New Year’s Eve that he will be “standing with Trump” on January 6. Others who signed that letter will likely join.

The senators vowing to object to the election results are demanding a commission to investigate he irregularities.

"Congress should immediately appoint an Electoral Commission, with full investigatory and fact-finding authority, to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns in the disputed states. Once completed, individual states would evaluate the Commission’s findings and could convene a special legislative session to certify a change in their vote, if needed," the senators who plan to object said in a joint statement.

In opposition to the challengers, Senator Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) posted a long, heartfelt message to his fellow Republicans rising to dispute the presidential election results on Facebook on Dec. 30.

“Let’s be clear what is happening here: We have a bunch of ambitious politicians who think there’s a quick way to tap into the president’s populist base without doing any real, long-term damage. But they’re wrong – and this issue is bigger than anyone’s personal ambitions. Adults don’t point a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-government,” he wrote.