Wait guys, it's not over yet. Some jackass Senator is holding a hearing next week where he plans to "probe" the 2020 election. Not surprisingly he's being joined by resident professional bag of s*** Jim Jordan and former Clinton prosecutor Ken Starr.
Not sure what they're trying to accomplish with this other than being total d**kheads, since their hearing is scheduled for Wednesday-- two days after the Electoral College officially votes Biden in as the next POTUS.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/polit...ing/index.html
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The hearing, which has prompted sharp criticism from senators in both parties over concerns that Johnson is peddling in debunked conspiracy theories, is moving ahead despite calls from Democrats that he scrap it.
But Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican who has not yet said if he'll run for reelection in 2022, says his hearing is geared at "trying to restore confidence in the system" and says it is he who is "trying to debunk" questions about "suspicious activities" that occurred in the elections. He also says the hearings will help him decide whether to join House Republicans to challenge the electoral results on the floor in January, as he's met with one of those conservatives -- Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan -- to help prepare for next week's hearing.
"If there's an irregularity that can be explained, fine, set that aside because we have to restore confidence in our election system," Johnson told CNN Friday. "And we need to change the laws or enforce laws so this doesn't happen in the future."
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One Republican on his committee, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, told CNN that he will "probably not" participate in the hearing.
"We have a process in this country, under the Constitution and our judicial system, which should be followed," Romney, the party's 2012 nominee, said on Friday when asked about the hearing. "The idea of trying to change that process or interrupt it is, in my opinion, a grave mistake."
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At a joint session of Congress on January 6 to count the electoral votes, House conservatives plan to object to battleground states' election results. While they have no chance of succeeding at overturning the elections, they need the support of at least one senator to prolong debate. Johnson has not ruled out being that senator.
Asked if he would join the House Republicans, Johnson said it depends on what the testimony at next week's hearing shows. "If there's not a good and satisfactory explanation for this, that's a problem."
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