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On Wednesday, Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram asked Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) a simple question<\/u>: \u201cIn your mind, are Senators Ossoff and Warnock duly chosen and sworn?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d she responded. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou don’t know whether or not they are legitimately chosen as senators of the United States Senate?\u201d Pergram pressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were concerns expressed not only about Georgia,\u201d she persisted, “but about other states.\u201d <\/p>\n

Her response did not inspire confidence among Republicans hoping to leave Trump\u2019s allegations of election fraud behind. As journalist Melik Abdul<\/u>, who contributes to conservative outlets like Newsmax, Fox, and the Washington Examiner, put it, \u201cWe’re back to straddling the fence over the 2020 election as we fight to keep control of Congress? This can’t be happening. Why is this happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pergam asked Lummis about Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) due to rumors that President Donald Trump will allege the illegitimacy of their elections during a primetime address scheduled for Thursday. Trump has claimed that Georgia\u2019s 2020 election was stolen, but state officials and audits repeatedly found these assertions to be false. Multiple investigations, recounts, and court reviews confirmed no evidence of widespread fraud that could have changed Georgia\u2019s results. Now, Trump’s renewed fixation on denying the 2020 election has many legal experts warning it’s a sign of Trump\u2019s growing \u201cauthoritarian<\/u>\u201d ambitions.<\/p>\n

As Pergam was questioning Lummis, the confirmation hearing for Trump\u2019s nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton, was taking place, in which the issue of the 2020 election was raised again \u2013 this time by Ossoff, who asked Clayton, \u201cWho won the 2020 election?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m not going to get into that with you,\u201d replied Clayton. Ossoff continued to press him on the matter, and Clayton snapped, \u201cI think I\u2019ve answered your question,\u201d even though he had not. This repeated several times \u2013 Ossoff asking who won the 2020 election, Clayton insisting he answered, though he had not \u2013 until Clayton simply sat back in silence and refused to speak.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is so incredibly embarrassing,\u201d posted<\/u> conservative journalist Brad Polumbo in response to the exchange.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump requires everyone who wants to advance under him to constantly engage in public displays of humiliation,\u201d claimed<\/u> Project 2025 contributor Richard Hanania, a former Trump supporter turned vocal critic. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an absurd person to nominate to run DNI,\u201d declared<\/u> Republican strategist Tim Miller. \u201cAnyone who voted to confirm him cares absolutely zero about our national security and does not deserve the responsibility of being a US senator.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conservative radio host Erick Erickson seconded the humiliation, posting, “This is embarrassing. Ossoff is going to cruise to re-election when the GOP does stuff like this.”<\/p>\n

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