Dozens of House Republicans opted not to join 126 of their GOP colleagues in signing onto an amicus brief in support of the Texas lawsuit aimed at overturning the election results in four key states that were key to securing President-elect Joe Biden’s (D) win.
The brief, which was filed on Thursday, states that it “presents [our] concern as Members of Congress, shared by untold millions of their constituents, that the unconstitutional irregularities involved in the 2020 presidential election cast doubt upon its outcome and the integrity of the American system of elections.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed the lawsuit to the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The suit targeted results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, claiming the states’ mail-in voting efforts during the pandemic were unconstitutional. Attorneys general from 18 other red states also joined the effort, which the Supreme Court rejected Friday.
Rep. Mike Johnson (La.) — a top ally of President Trump who serves as chair of the Republican Study Committee and will soon join House GOP leadership — helped lead the push for support among Republican lawmakers. Johnson said with more time he believes additional members would have signed onto the brief.
“As I mentioned to the president on a phone call last night, the names on the brief itself is not necessarily an indication of a complete list of House Republicans who are supportive of the legal efforts and the overall importance of ensuring the integrity of our election system,” he told The Hill in an interview on Friday.
“It was merely a function of the clock, and that I ran out of time to address some of the kind of detailed, really minor concerns that some of the members had about just particular lines or arguments in the brief. And we did at one point just simply have to cut it off and file.”
While the majority of House Republicans signed on, some critics close to Trump argued they thought the move set a bad precedent moving forward.
Here are the House Republicans who didn’t sign on:
Mark Amodei (Nev.)
Kelly Armstrong (N.D.)
Don Bacon (Neb.)
Troy Balderson (Ohio)
Andy Barr (Ky.)
Rob Bishop (Utah), retiring
Susan Brooks (Ind.), retiring
Vern Buchanan (Fla.)
Larry Bucshon (Ind.)
John Carter (Texas)
Steve Chabot (Ohio)
Liz Cheney (Wyo.)
Tom Cole (Okla.)
James Comer (Ky.)
Paul Cook (Calif.)
John Curtis (Utah)
Warren Davidson (Ohio)
Rodney Davis (Ill.)
Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.)
Mike Gallagher (Wis.)
Mike Garcia (Calif.)
Anthony Gonzalez (Ohio)
Paul Gosar (Ariz.)
Kay Granger (Texas)
Garret Graves (La.)
Glenn Grothman (Wis.)
Brett Guthrie (Ky.)
Jaime Herrera Beutler (Wash.)
French Hill (Ark.)
George Holding (N.C.), retiring
Will Hurd (Texas), retiring
Dusty Johnson (S.D.)
David Joyce (Ohio)
John Katko (N.Y.)
Peter King (N.Y.), retiring
Adam Kinzinger (Ill.)
Frank Lucas (Okla.)
Thomas Massie (Ky.)
Brian Mast (Fla.)
Michael McCaul (Texas)
Patrick McHenry (N.C.)
David McKinley (W.Va.)
Paul Mitchell (Mich.), retiring
Devin Nunes (Calif.)
Pete Olson (Texas), retiring
Tom Reed (N.Y.)
Denver Riggleman (Va.), lost reelection
Martha Roby (Ala.), retiring
Phil Roe (Tenn.), retiring
Hal Rogers (Ky.)
Francis Rooney (Fla.)
Chip Roy (Texas)
David Schweikert (Ariz.)
Jim Sensenbrenner (Wis.), retiring
John Shimkus (Ill.), retiring
Christopher Smith (N.J.)
Lloyd Smucker (Pa.)
Bryan Steil (Wis.)
Chris Stewart (Utah)
Steve Stivers (Ohio)
Van Taylor (Texas)
Mac Thornberry (Texas), retiring
Scott Tipton (Colo.), lost reelection
Michael Turner (Ohio)
Fred Upton (Mich.)
Greg Walden (Ore.), retiring
Steve Watkins (Kan.), lost reelection
Steve Womack (Ark.)
Don Young (Alaska)