Southern IL Congressman Mike Bost signs statement promising to object to Biden win
Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bost of Murphysboro plans to object when Congress counts electoral votes certifying Joe Biden as president.
Bost signed a statement released Wednesday challenging the results along with 36 other GOP House members.
“We will vote to sustain objections to slates of electors submitted by states we believe clearly violated the Constitution in the presidential election of 2020,” the statement said.
The statement offered no evidence supporting the Congress members’ claims of fraud.
Bost signed it despite saying in December: “At a time of great uncertainty for our country, it is vitally important that the American people have faith in our elections and trust the results.”
The congressman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The U.S. Capitol building was locked down Wednesday during a debate over the electoral votes when far-right rioters entered the building. House lawmakers were evacuated.
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis did not plan to object to the results, according to a spokesman for the Republican congressman.
Another of Bost’s Republican colleagues from southern Illinois, U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, also said she plans to contest the electoral college votes.
This story was originally published January 6, 2021 at 2:30 PM.
