Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Wednesday defended his decision to reject the certification of the Electoral College votes from certain states, calling it “a lie” that he was trying to overturn the election results.
Hawley was one of the dozen Senate Republicans who vowed to not sign off electoral votes from states whose election integrity had come under question, unless an “emergency 10-day audit of the election returns” in those states is completed. Only six senators, including Hawley and Ted Cruz (R-Texas), eventually cast objections following the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
