Reuters: “Senior Republican U.S. senators on Monday rejected the idea of overturning the 2020 presidential election in Congress, as a few of Trump’s most loyal backers contemplated a last-ditch effort to reverse his defeat. Senator John Thune, the Senate’s No. 2 Republican, said lawmakers had the right to challenge electoral votes but that the effort would get little support. ‘It’s their prerogative, it’s allowed for in the Constitution, but it’s not going anywhere,’ he told reporters.”
“Senator John Cornyn, another veteran Republican, also said he thought any such effort ‘would be a bad mistake’ soundly defeated in the 100-member chamber, currently controlled by his party. ‘There comes a time when you have to realize that, despite your best efforts, you’ve been unsuccessful, that’s sort of the nature of these elections. You’ve got to have a winner. You’ve got to have a loser,’ Cornyn told reporters at the U.S. Capitol. He said he expected there would be a peaceful transition of power from Trump, who has so far refused to concede the Nov. 3 election and launched dozens of unsuccessful lawsuits seeking to overturn his loss to Joe Biden.”