these 34 members of Congress texted about overturning the 2020 election

“Our LAST HOPE is invoking Marshall Law!! PLEASE URGE TO PRESIDENT TO DO SO!!”

That’s what one Republican member of Congress, Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, texted to Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff, on January 17, 2021 — just days before President Biden was to be sworn into office.

And Norman was not the only would-be seditionist in Congress who called for martial law (though he incorrectly spelled it “Marshall”) in communications with Meadows.

According to revelatory reporting this week from Talking Points Memo, no less than 34 Republicans in Congress exchanged text messages with Meadows about assorted schemes to overturn the 2020 election.

All told, there were at least 459 messages between Meadows and these Republican members of Congress — including high-profile Trumpist Republicans such as Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio) — about efforts to keep Trump in power despite the undeniable fact that he lost.

These are the 34 congressional Republicans who corresponded via text message with Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, about plans to overturn the 2020 election:

Rep. Rick Allen (Georgia)
Rep. Brian Babin (Texas)
Rep. Andy Biggs (Arizona)
Rep. Dan Bishop (North Carolina)
Rep. Kevin Brady (Texas)
Rep. Mo Brooks (Alabama)
Rep. Ted Budd (North Carolina)
Rep. Andrew Clyde (Georgia)
Sen. Kevin Cramer (North Dakota)
Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas)
Rep. Warren Davidson (Ohio)
Rep. Tom Emmer (Minnesota)
Rep. Bob Gibbs (Ohio)
Rep. Louie Gohmert (Texas)
Rep. Paul Gosar (Arizona)
Rep. Mark Green (Tennessee)
Rep. Jody Hice (Georgia)
Rep. Richard Hudson (North Carolina)
Rep. Mike Johnson (Louisiana)
Sen. Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)
Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio)
Rep. Fred Keller (Pennsylvania)
Rep. Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania)
Sen. Mike Lee (Utah)
Rep. Billy Long (Missouri)
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (Georgia)
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (Wyoming)
Rep. Barry Moore (Alabama)
Rep. Greg Murphy (North Carolina)
Rep. Ralph Norman (South Carolina)
Sen. David Perdue (Georgia)
Rep. Scott Perry (Pennsylvania)
Rep. Chip Roy (Texas)
Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (Georgia)

Click now to tell these 34 members of Congress: You should renounce your role in Donald Trump’s plot to overturn the 2020 election, beg for forgiveness from the American people, and swear never again to undermine our democracy. Or you should resign.

Thanks for taking action.

For democracy,

- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen
 
 

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