In a 21-page memo sent to her Republican colleagues in the House, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney lambasted the House and Senate's proposed objections to certifying the 2020 election results on Wednesday.
In the memo, obtained by the Washington Examiner, Cheney writes, "By objecting to electoral slates, members are unavoidably asserting that Congress has the authority to overturn elections and overrule state and federal courts."
Cheney, the House Republican Conference chairwoman and third-ranking GOP lawmaker, goes on to write the exercise would "set an exceptionally dangerous precedent, threatening to steal states' explicit constitutional responsibility for choosing the President and bestowing it instead on Congress."
In recent days, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley and 11 other incoming and sitting Republican senators, led by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, said they would also join in the objection. Cruz and the other 10 current and incoming senators called for a commission to investigate allegations of voter fraud, particularly in the six swing states President Trump claims he won.
Cruz said the commission could complete its work in 10 days.
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