'Credited'? IS THIS SUPPOSE TO BE A BADGE OF HONOR? Tom Cotton Credited With Preventing More GOP Objections to Biden Win; GOP Leaders Say Cotton Halted Landslide of GOP Objections in Senate

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Tom Cotton Credited With Preventing More GOP Objections to Biden Win:

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., may have kept many Republicans from raising an objection to the Electoral College vote after he declined to join them, leading members of the GOP told the Washington Examiner.

The senator, one of President Donald Trump's closest allies in the Senate, released a statement on the Sunday before Congress met to certify the vote saying that only “the states” had the power to determine the outcome, not Congress.

Cotton “played a very important role, especially as people were starting to waver a little bit or reevaluate their position,” said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the Senate majority whip. --->READ MORE HERE

Republican leaders say Tom Cotton halted landslide of GOP objections in Senate

Senior Republicans are crediting Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton's surprise break with President Trump for preventing a flood of his GOP colleagues from objecting to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory.

Six Senate Republicans objected to certifying Biden's defeat of Trump in Arizona, and seven objected to certifying his win in Pennsylvania. But the votes cast by Senate Republicans at the president's behest as part of a brazen attempt to overturn the 2020 election might have numbered several more without Cotton's intervention, Sens. John Thune of South Dakota and John Barrasso of Wyoming, the Nos. 2 and 3 ranking Senate Republicans, told the Washington Examiner.

"He played a very important role, especially as people were starting to waver a little bit or reevaluate their position," said Thune, the majority whip.

"His statement was very strong," added Barrasso, the GOP conference chairman. "It came at a critical moment."

Cotton determined in mid-December that there was no basis in the Constitution for Congress to reject state-certified Electoral College votes. Originally, the senator planned to go public with his plans to affirm Biden's victory on Jan. 6, just ahead of the House and Senate convening in a joint session to accept the outcome of the Nov. 3 election. Cotton was planning to delay to avoid GOP infighting ahead of critical Senate runoff elections in Georgia, which were set for Jan. 5.

But Cotton moved up his timeline to Jan. 3 after Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a potential 2024 contender, and Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, who has also been mentioned as a potential presidential candidate, joined Trump and announced plans to object to the outcome of the Nov. 3 election in up to six states. He sought to prevent a bandwagon of GOP objections, which he believed would cause Senate Republicans, and the party generally, severe political damage. --->READ MORE HERE

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