TRENTON, N.J. – Following up a long line of overheated rhetorical outbursts from New Jersey’s former governor, Christine Todd Whitman accused Republicans of fomenting a “coup” over the weekend. She also demanded legal sanctions.
“The 140 representatives & 10 senators who are going to refuse to validate the electors from states Trump lost are not only violating their oaths of office, but actively encouraging a coup,” Whitman tweeted on Saturday. “There must be some legal penalty for their actions.”
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Whitman’s anti-Trump rhetoric is nothing new; in August, her over-the-top statements earned a rare rebuke from then-NJGOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt who urged her to leave the Republican Party.
Congress’s certification vote is scheduled for January 6th.
The 140 representatives & 10 senators who are going to refuse to validate the electors from states Trump lost are not only violating their oaths of office, but actively encouraging a coup. There must be some legal penalty for their actions. https://t.co/Ry4ATi5PL6 via @bpolitics
— Governor Christine Todd Whitman (@GovCTW) January 2, 2021
