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Just hours after the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the 139 Republican representatives listed here all voted against certifying President Biden’s Electoral College victory in the 2020 presidential election.
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Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) has served Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since June 2011. After the 2020 presidential election, he helped spread the Big Lie and cast doubt on the legitimacy of Biden’s win.
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About Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2003, representing Florida’s 25th Congressional District in southwest Miami-Dade County and the Everglades. As a lifelong conservative and Florida’s longest-serving congressman, Díaz-Balart ran for reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won with more than 70 percent of the vote. In expressing … Read more
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About Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) was first sworn into office on Jan. 3, 2021, representing Florida’s 19th Congressional District. He won in 2020 with Trump’s endorsement and won a second term in 2022 with another endorsement from the former president. During his first campaign, Trump called him a “Rising Star,” but the candidate was accused of … Read more
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About Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019, representing New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District. He ran for his third term in 2022 and won with Trump’s endorsement, which came via a video from Mar-a-Lago that triggered a YouTube “misinformation” label. Van Drew supports the recent Supreme Court decision … Read more
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Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) has represented South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011 and as a member of the House Freedom Caucus, he is a staunch Trump supporter who helped spread the Big Lie.
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About Neal Dunn (R-Fla.) has represented Florida’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2017. He ran for his fourth term in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement, and won with more than 60 percent of the vote. A surgeon, Dunn served in the Army, reached the rank of major, and completed his residency … Read more
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On Jan. 6, 2021, the U.S. House and Senate certified the Electoral College results of the 2020 presidential election during a joint session of Congress. Although the certification procedure is typically noncontroversial, in 2021 it was obstructed by scores of Republican members of Congress.
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About Ron Estes (R-Kan.) has served Kansas’ 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since April 2017, when Trump pushed for his win in a special election to replace Mike Pompeo, who had left Congress to become Trump’s CIA director (and a year later, secretary of state). He ran for reelection in 2022—without … Read more
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About Pat Fallon (R-Texas) was first sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 3, 2021, representing Texas 4th Congressional District. He won in the heavily Republican district in 2020 with Trump’s endorsement and is did so again in 2022, again with Trump’s endorsement. Fallon, the CEO of a Texas-based clothing company “specializing … Read more
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Michelle Fischbach (R-Minn.) was first sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 3, 2021, representing Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District. Trump endorsed her in 2020 but not in 2022, yet she easily won reelection in her very pro-Trump district.