'Traitors and patriots': Republican push to keep Trump in power seems doomed
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5CBH5)
- Senators decline to defend electoral college ploy on TV
- Democrats and GOP leaders to block gambit aimed at party base
- Trump pressed Georgia Republican to overturn Biden victory
All 12 Republican senators who have pledged not to ratify the electoral college results on Wednesday, and thereby refuse to confirm Joe Biden's resounding victory over Donald Trump in the presidential election, declined to defend their move on television, a CNN host said on Sunday.
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