The Republican Fever Doesn’t Appear to be Breaking.

And I can’t say I’m surprised.

Lauren Elizabeth
4 min readDec 10, 2020
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As many of us might already know, Donald Trump’s long shot efforts to overturn the results of the election have gotten nowhere, with all viable avenues to achieving his goal of a soft coup all but gone entirely. Unfortunately however, the theory that Trump’s fellow Republicans would somehow see the light after the election as many liberals hoped and even expected does not seem to be coming to fruition. Frankly, their behavior is even more unsettling than I expected, and only confirms that the Republican “fever” won’t be breaking any time soon.

John Kruzel, a legal affairs and Supreme Court reporter for The Hill tweeted:

“JUST IN: New amicus brief from 106 Republican House members in support of Texas’ bid to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the Supreme Court. Here they are:”

Sure enough, attached to the tweet were a series of images of the list of 106 Republican Representatives.

In a quote from the brief, Kruzel tweeted the line:

"This brief presents [our] concern as Members of Congress, shared by untold millions of their constituents, that the unconstitutional irregularities…

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Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx