Today, six other states formally joined the lawsuit alongside Texas to challenge the 2020 presidential election.
Utah is joined by Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina.
Arkansas AG Leslie Rutledge paid a visit to the Supreme Court said, “Elections matter. Election integrity matters. We cannot have our votes in Arkansas diluted and the other 17 states do not want their votes diluted by states who change the rules mid stream.”
Standing in front of SCOTUS earlier today—Arkansas is in the fight! https://t.co/Ea0Ckp4a0Y
— Leslie Rutledge (@LeslieRutledge) December 10, 2020
The Daily Wire reports:
“Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Utah have formally joined Texas in its Supreme Court suit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—four battleground states who ran illegal and unconstitutional elections,” the state of Texas said in a statement. “The joining states agree with Texas: the defendant states exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to justify unlawfully enacting last-minute changes and ignoring both federal and state election laws, thus skewing the results of the 2020 General Election. ”
“Texas continues to lead the fight to protect election security and integrity, and today I gladly welcome Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Utah to this historic endeavor. By flouting state and federal election laws, the defendant battleground states have tainted the integrity of citizens’ votes across the entire nation,” said Attorney General Paxton. “To restore trust in the integrity of our election process, we must tirelessly defend its security and hold accountable those who discarded our Constitution for their own convenience. Texas is proud to have these states by its side in shining the bright light of justice.”
