Washington, D.C.—Tennessee’s Republican U.S. Senators backed down Wednesday night from their earlier stance and voted against a plan to object to the results of the Electoral College which certified President-elect Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.
According to The Tennessean and wire service reports, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and newly sworn-in U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty both voted no Wednesday to an objection to certify the election results from Arizona, a state Biden won.
They joined multiple senators in changing their minds about opposing the Electoral College results in the Nov. 3 election after the U.S. Capitol went into lockdown Wednesday as rioters stormed the Capitol, demanding that Congress reject the results of the November election.