Republicans who joined the January 6 conspiracies and insurrectionists want to be re-elected! Whaaaa?

Steve Brodner is a satirical illustrator and commentator.

Echo opinion in charicature published in The Washington Post.

While the violent mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, aiming to subvert democracy and keep the former President Donald Trump in power, another group was already working on the same project inside. In an unsuccessful bid to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the 2020, presidential election, 147 Republicans formally supported objection to counting Joe Biden’s electoral votes.

Some have already left office. But as many as 117 of these members of Congress are running for reelection in 2024. Here they are, drawn together: a collection of American politicians engaged in using democracy to attain the power to subvert it.

Now the GOP House speaker, Mike Johnson tried to overturn the 2020, results by filing a Supreme Court brief claiming covid 😷 voting procedures rendered them void. ❓ 

There were 147 members of Congress who supported at least one objection to counting Biden’s electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021. From that group, this piece highlights those who are still in government and who have declared that they will be running for federal office in 2024, or who have not yet announced, as of publication date. One exception is Yvette Herrell (N.M.), a former member of Congress who has announced she will run again. She is also included.

Now in the No. 4 role in the House GOP, Rep. Elise Stefanik was
a strong defender of Trump’s false election conspiracy theories

Research, design and development by Amanda Shendruk. Yan Wu and Kayleigh Waters also contributed to this piece.