Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, accused Republican lawmakers backing lawsuits attempting to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory in favor of President Donald Trump of violating their oaths of office.
The Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit filed by Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton to overturn the election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on Friday. More than 100 GOP members of the House of Representatives—including four from Michigan—signed an amicus brief in support of the Texas lawsuit. Additionally, 15 Republican state lawmakers in Michigan backed Paxton’s brief.
“These are individuals who, in my opinion, have violated their oaths of office. And have sought to, in order to appease a demagogue, they’ve chosen Donald Trump over democracy and over their constituents,” Nessel told the Detroit Free Press in a Saturday interview.
“And of course I certainly don’t understand how it’s possible that you could think that you won an election when you were on the same ballot that you claim to be fraudulent, in terms of who was elected at the top of the ticket. It’s just nonsensical, I don’t understand it at all. You’re undermining your own elections,” she said.
