"Every election we know features some illegality and irregularity and of course that's unacceptable. I support strong state-led voting reforms. Last year's bizarre pandemic procedures must not become the new norm. But my colleagues, nothing before us proves illegality anywhere near the massive scale, the massive scale that would have tipped the entire election. Nor can public doubt alone justify a radical break when the doubt itself was incited without any evidence."
Every Democrat and some Republicans will reject the challenges in both chambers, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The objections during today's formal count of electoral votes from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will not change the results of the election. Remember: There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and there is no evidence that electors from the electoral college were fraudulently chosen, as all states have certified their elections.
For those on the democratic aisle who say there is no evidence they've been rejected, then you should rest in comfort if that's the case, an electoral commission would reject those claims," Cruz said.Ĭruz ended his remarks by urging his colleagues to not take "the easy path, but instead act together, astonish the viewers and act in a bipartisan sense to say we will have a credible and fair tribunal, consider the facts, consider the claims, consider the evidence." Consider the evidence and resolve the claims. That we appoint an electoral commission to conduct a 10 day emergency audit. And what I would urge of this body is that we do the same. ET: This article was updated with additional information."Five house members, five senators, five supreme court justices, examined the evidence and rendered a judgment. ET: This article was updated with additional information. "We've got to make sure that we've got security measures in place in home district offices, in homes, so that it raises everybody's level of security.". "We need to do a better job at protecting members when they're home, their families," Manger said before lawmakers. The department opened its first field offices in Florida and California after the January 6 Capitol riot. Those locations include an office in Texas, Milwaukee and Boston. Thomas Manager also announced that USCP would open regional offices across the country in response to the 300 percent increase in threats to members of Congress over the last seven years. Last week, authorities testified at an oversight hearing that they had been running more active shooter drills and training in and around Capitol buildings to improve response.Ĭapitol Police Chief J. People being led out of Russell Senate Office Building amid reports of possible active shooter /VC4Kpe2Kux- bryan metzger August 2, 2023Ĭapitol Police and the Sergeant-at-Arms have been gearing up preparation for such incidents. The Senate is currently on summer recess, so the majority of congressional lawmakers were not on the premises. "If you are in the area, follow the directions of our officers."
It should be noted that we do not have any confirmed reports of gunshots," Capitol Police alerted in their initial tweet. "If you are inside the Senate Buildings, everyone inside should be sheltering in place as the report was for a possible active shooter. Those working in Senate buildings were ordered to move inside immediately, lock all doors and windows, shelter in place and remain quiet until further instruction. Saul Loeb/AFP/GettyĪ spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department had told Politico that the evacuation was the result of "a bad call" and that "no injuries and no shooter were located." Capitol Police confirmed that no shooter was located. A US Capitol police officer stands by his car outside the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on August 2, 2023, after unconfirmed eports of an active shooter in the building near the US Capitol.
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