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📅 2021-01-06
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👤 TedCruz
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We gather together
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At a moment of great Tradition at a moment of great passion
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We have seen and no doubt will continue to see
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A great deal of moralizing from both sides of the aisle
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But I would urge to both sides perhaps
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A bit less certitude
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And a bit more recognition
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That we are gathered at a time when democracy
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Is in crisis
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Recent polling shows that 39% of Americans
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Believe the election that just occurred quote
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What's richt
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You may not agree with that assessment
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But it is nonetheless a reality for nearly half the country
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I would note it is not just Republicans who believe that
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31% of independents
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Agree with that statement
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17% of Democrats
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Believe the election was ripped
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Even if you do not share that conviction
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It is the responsibility I believe this office to acknowledge that is a profound threat to this country
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And to the legitimacy of any administration's that will come in the future
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I want to take a moment to speak to my Democratic colleagues
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I understand
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Your guy is winning right now
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If Democrats vote as a Bloc
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Joe Biden will almost certainly be certified as the next president of the United States
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I want to speak to the Republicans or considering voting against these objections
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I understand your concern but I urge you to pause and think
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What does it say to the nearly half the country that believes this election was rigged if we
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We vote
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Not even to consider the claims
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Legality
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And fraud in this election
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And I believe there's a better way
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The leaders just spoke about setting aside the election let me be clear I am not arguing for setting aside the
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Results of this election
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All of us are faced with two choices both of which are lousy choices vote against the objection
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And tens of millions of Americans will see a vote against the objection has a statement that voter fraud doesn't matter
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Is it real and shouldn't be taken seriously
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And a great many of us don't believe that
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On the other hand
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Most if not all of us believe we should not set aside the results of election just because our candidate may not have
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Prevail
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And so I am Deborah to look for door number three a third option for that I look to history
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To the president of the 1876 election
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The hayes-tilden election where this Congress
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Appointed electoral Commission
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To examine claims of voter fraud five house members
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Five Senators five Supreme Court Justices
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Examine the evidence and rendered a judgment
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And what I would urge of this body is that we do the same
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That we appointed electoral commission to conduct a 10-day emergency audit
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Consider the evidence
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And resolve the claims for those on the Democratic Iowa who says say there is no evidence they've been rejected
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Then you should rest in Comfort if that's the case
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Electoral commission would reject those claims
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But for those who respect the voters simply telling the voters go jump in a lake the fact
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But you have deep concerns is of no moment to us
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That jeopardizes I believe
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The legitimacy
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Abyss and subsequent elections
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The Constitution gives the Congress the responsibility this day
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To count the votes
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The framers knew what they were doing when they gave responsibilities to Congress we have a responsibility
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And I would urge that we follow the precedent of 1877
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The Electoral count explicitly allows objection such as this one for boats that were not regularly
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Given
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And let me be clear this objection is for the State of Arizona but it is broader than that
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It is an objection for all six of the contested states that have a credible objective
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Impartial body hear the evidence
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And make a conclusive determination
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That would benefit
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Both sides
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That wouldn't prove legitimacy of this election and salemme orange my colleagues
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All of us take our responsibilities seriously
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I would urge my colleagues don't take
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Perhaps the easy path
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But instead act together astonished the viewers and act in a bipartisan sense
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To say we will have a credible and fair tribunal consider the claims consider the facts consider the other
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Evidence
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And make a conclusive determination whether and to what extent this election complied with the Constitution
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And what's federal law
