Sen. Tim Scott, R.-S.C., on Tuesday added his name to the list of Republicans who will not be contesting the election of Democrat Joe Biden as President on Wednesday during a joint session of Congress.
"As I read the Constitution, there is no constitutionally viable means for the Congress to overturn an election wherein the states have certified and sent their Electors," Scott said in a statement released on his Senate website.
Scott noted multiple efforts on which he was happy to have worked with President Donald Trump during his term, and admitted that during every election errors occur, whether accidental or intentional.
"We must work to end these errors," Scott said. "Simply put, there is no acceptable error rate when it comes to something as foundational and sacred as our vote."
He said that while he has been "adamant in supporting the President’s legal right to pursue any and every lawful avenue to investigate, litigate and adjudicate allegations of error, fraud, or misconduct," to date the president's team has yet to provide evidence to any judge, including many appointed by Trump himself, that sufficient fraud occurred to swing the election against him.
A group of 13 senators have said they plan to contest the votes of six states that went for Biden and that Trump has unsuccessfully challenged. More than 100 House members also said they'll participate in the challenge, but their effort appears not to have enough votes to change the November outcome.
"I am, and will forever be, open, interested, and desirous to see any new and credible evidence," Scott said. "... Some of my colleagues believe they have found a path, and while our opinions differ, I do not doubt their good intentions to take steps towards stamping out voter fraud. Importantly, I disagree with their method both in principle and in practice. For their theory to work, Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats would have to elect Donald Trump president rather than Joe Biden. That is not going to happen, not today or any other day."
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