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Two WA Congress members support rejected lawsuit to overturn election

Late Friday the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the claim that Texas could sue to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. Texas claimed that four battleground states violated their own election laws.

“States decide how to run their elections, right? We would not want in our state, Texas or New York or California coming in filing lawsuits and challenging how we run our elections in Washington state,” Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson.

Joe Biden got 58% of the vote in Washington, so Attorney General Ferguson filed joined other AGs in filing a Supreme Court brief to block the Texas move.

“I think (it) undercuts democracy,” he said.

But more than a hundred Republican Congress members filed a brief to support the Texas suit.

Washington Republicans Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse both signed on to a supportive brief.

In a statement, Newhouse said it was it was not about trying to overturn the results of an election, but ensuring the American people have faith in our elections and constitution.

McMorris Rodgers said it was about the Supreme Court answering questions for the American people, so we can move forward.

Chris Vance is the former Washington Republican State Chair.

“This is the greatest existential threat to the United States constitution and our democracy since the South broke up the union in 1861, that’s how serious this is.”

Congressman Newhouse and Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers are both afraid to anger Trump voters, Vance said.

“They are hoping that the Supreme Court will take them off the hook by ruling against it,” Vance said.

Former Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna felt the lawsuit had no merit.

“So, my prediction is that the Supreme Court will kick the case out. The easiest way for them to do that is on the grounds that the States don’t have standing to even bring this challenge.”

Which is exactly what the Supreme Court did.