Lee threatens to not seat Casey in Senate if he continues refusal to concede

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah., took purpose astatine Sen. Bob Casey implicit the Pennsylvania Democrat's refusal to concede the election, arguing that the Senate could garbage to spot him if helium continues to trust connected "illegal votes."

"If Bob Casey doesn’t concede, Pennsylvania keeps counting amerciable votes, & Casey relies connected those votes to assertion victory, the Senate could garbage to spot him," Lee said successful a station connected X Saturday portion citing Article I, Sec. 5, Cl. 1, which states that each "House shall beryllium the Judge of the Elections, Returns, and Qualifications of its ain Members."

The remark comes arsenic Pennsylvania’s Senate race volition beryllium decided by a recount aft Republican Sen.-elect Dave McCormick won the predetermination by astir 26,000 votes, oregon wrong the 1 percent constituent borderline that triggers an automatic recount nether Pennsylvania law.

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Sen. Mike Lee speaks during a quality league successful the Capitol connected July 20, 2021. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Casey has refused to concede the predetermination contempt the contention being called by aggregate outlets, alternatively insisting that a victor beryllium declared aft each votes are counted.

But questions stay astir the votes Casey is trying to number aft the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that ballots that deficiency required signatures and dates are not allowed to beryllium included successful authoritative results, a ruling that is being ignored by Democratic officials successful Philadelphia and surrounding Bucks and Montgomery counties.

"I deliberation we each cognize that precedent by a tribunal doesn’t substance anymore successful this country," Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia, a Democrat, said past week. "People interruption laws anytime they want. So, for me, if I interruption this law, it’s due to the fact that I privation a tribunal to wage attention. There’s thing much important than counting votes."

Sen. Bob Casey addresses supporters during a run rally connected Sept. 21, 2018, successful Philadelphia. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

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Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley has condemned Democrats successful Pennsylvania, accusing the enactment of attempting to "steal" the predetermination from McCormick.

"Let’s beryllium wide astir what’s happening here: Democrats successful Pennsylvania are brazenly trying to interruption the instrumentality by attempting to number amerciable ballots. They are doing this due to the fact that they privation to bargain a legislature seat," helium said connected X.

Lee, meanwhile, has urged Casey to wantonness the combat implicit the ballots voluntarily and let McCormick to instrumentality his spot successful the Senate.

Republican Sen.-elect Dave McCormick and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey (Getty Images)

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"Bob Casey, you’re amended than this," Lee said successful different station connected X. "It’s clip to concede."

The Casey run did not instantly respond to a Fox News Digital petition for comment.