While many mainstream Republicans look toward making waves in the midterm elections, some are still clinging to the past.
After GOP Rep. Mo Brooks' recently confessed that former President Donald Trump repeatedly urged Brooks to"rescind" the results of the 2020 presidential campaign, some Republicans are exploring -- even publicly vowing – to"decertify" President Joe Biden's victory, a move with no legal or constitutional basis.
"We didn't get into the details [of how it would happen] because it's legally impossible. And I explained that fairly promptly," Brooks told ABC News in a phone interview.Brooks, who is now running for Senate from Alabama, disclosed this conversation to ABC News after Trump yanked his endorsement, in part for not aligning with Trump's baseless assertions regarding election interference.
, showcases a clash of interests seen in Georgia's tumultuous Senate primary and in GOP races around the country. Trump-backed candidates who pursue his baseless claims of election fraud and push stringent revisions to election laws regardless of feasibility are facing off with Republicans who push back against Trump's bidding and risk losing favor from their constituency, and, in turn, public office.
"I still believe that the Constitution and my oath that I took as an elected official does not allow me to decertify any election whether I want to or not," Vos said in March."That's not going to happen.
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