Portman said President Donald Trump had every right to legal recourse and to contest the results of the presidential election, which Democrat Joe Biden won in November.
“But it is also true that after two months of recounts and legal challenges, not a single state recount changed a result,” Portman said. “And of the dozens of lawsuits filed, not one found evidence of fraud or irregularities widespread enough to change the result of the election.”
Later, as the House of Representatives debated a challenge to the results of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, Rep. Bill Johnson, R-OH, and Warren Davidson, R-OH, both spoke on the House floor in support of the challenge.
Johnson said secretaries of state and judges cannot ignore the rules set forward.
“We need to show them the respect they’re due in the United States of America,” Davidson said.
I swore an oath to protect the Constitution and the rule of law. I take that oath seriously. Whether it was the violent thugs who fought with police and stormed the U.S. Capitol building today or the violent thugs of Antifa and BLM who've been assaulting police and attacking...
— Bill Johnson (@RepBillJohnson) January 6, 2021
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