Rep. Jeff Van Drew, one of the 126 Republican members of Congress who signed onto Texas's lawsuit against four states in connection with the November election, Tuesday rejected arguments that he and the others have lost their credibility to serve as lawmakers because of their decision.
"I guess it's because we support the president and I guess it's because we're worried about election integrity," the New Jersey Republican, who switched parties in late 2019, told Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "Here is the important part here. Regardless of the issue with the president, we need to ensure that we have the highest level of integrity in our elections and quite frankly we haven't."
He added that years ago, "we were doing better with elections than we are now."
"Certain states changed their election laws, changed the way they went about voting in a very serious and significant way without the legislature meeting and the legislature voting on it," said Van Drew. "That's not constitutional. It's not legal. I believe in the rule of law. They absolutely should have had a meeting of those folks, obviously, that are in the legislature. And that's what this suit is all about, and that's what the concern is about."
Van Drew also said the Texas case was taken to the Supreme Court "as it should have been" and he does not agree with the court's decision not to take it up, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't be sitting in the House for supporting the measure
"The Supreme Court did what they did, what they thought was right," said Van Drew. "But the notion that after the people that voted for me that I couldn't sit in the House of Representatives, that you would literally disenfranchise my voters in my district is an absurd notion."
Van Drew added that he doesn't think those calling for his removal will succeed.
"We are a nation, I hope, of the rule of law, both with our elections and also with this," he said. "We have got to start literally believing in the rule of law and doing things the right way."
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