Vice President Mike Pence’s office expressed his support of the Republican group that had released a statement calling for a 10-day audit into the elections’ returns.
Chief of Staff Marc Short said in a late Saturday statement that Pence “shares the concerns of millions of Americans about voter fraud and irregularities in the last election.”
“The VP welcomes the efforts of members of the House and Senate to use the authority they have under the law to raise objections and bring forward evidence before the Congress and the American people on January 6th.”
In the meanwhile, Mitt Romney called the rebellious Republicans’ case “nonsense.”
“The congressional power to reject electors is reserved for the most extreme and unusual circumstances. These are from it,” he said.
”More Americans participated in this election than ever before, and they made their choice. President Trump’s lawyers made their case before scores of courts; in every instance, they failed.”
He added: “The Justice Department found no evidence of irregularity sufficient to overturn the election. The Presidential Voter Fraud Commission disbanded without finding such evidence.”
Romney then concluded: “I could never have imagined seeing these things in the greatest democracy in the world. Has ambition so eclipsed principle?”
