There were many irregularities in the 2020 election that must be investigated, but the rule of law will prevail on Wednesday when House and Senate Republicans object to the Electoral College's electors and results, according to Sen. Ron Johnson, one of those who will be objecting to the vote count.
"We do have to, in the end, respect the rule of law, even when we don't like the decisions," the Wisconsin Republican said on Fox News' "Outnumbered Overtime" Tuesday. "I'm encouraging every Republican Georgian to vote for Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. If we retain the majority, I will be chairman of the Senate committee on investigations and I will guarantee that I am going to dig into this. I'm going to investigate and I'm going to find out what the truth is."
Johnson accused Democrats and the mainstream media of wanting to sweep the problems with the November election under the rug and dismiss "these very serious legitimate concerns."
"There are many irregularities," he said. "Some have been explained, but some haven't ... we've just gone through four years with the Democrats and extreme left that did not acknowledge President [Donald] Trump as the legitimate president."
And for several reasons, including the pandemic, absentee ballots more than doubled and Democrats were "relaxing standards," leading to "real problems," Johnson added.
"The problem is not going away," he said. "The only solution I can come up with is to investigate and be transparent, but sweeping this under the rug, as many people want to do, simply won't work."
Further, state legislatures must be empowered by the Constitution to control elections, but this year, many of them "abdicated" that duty to judges and unelected election officials, said Johnson.
"Maybe this is the warning to state legislatures," he said. "If you don't want your citizens, their votes disenfranchised, not counted, step up to the plate, assume your responsibility, take control over your own elections. Don't let judges, election officials, do it for you."
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