Pensacola Times

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ignored an objection to the 2020 presidential election because she felt it would look bad on the House of Representatives.

Gaetz said the House needs to support the Senate. 

"We have the support of members of the United States Senate,” Gaetz said on Fox & Friends. “See, in 2000, every single member of the Congressional Black Caucus objected to the electors of the state of Florida when George Bush beat Al Gore. There, the objections were offered; they were not accepted by Al Gore ... and they sort of rolled on.”

Gaetz said while he believes the objection by Republicans meets “constitutional muster,” the aren't sure if Pelosi will allow the debate to occur.

"One question remaining is whether or not Nancy Pelosi will allow the two hours of constitutionally authorized debate on these questions, but, when you got tens of thousands of people potentially marching in the streets in Washington, D.C. tomorrow, I think it will be a very bad look for the people’s House not to entertain debate if we have a constitutionally acceptable objection signed by a House member and a Senator and we will clear that hurdle," Gaetz said.

"First, those states that departed from their own laws where officials took it upon themselves to go beyond the authority granted to them by the legislature,” Gaetz said to Fox. “That's particularly egregious in Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania.”

There are more than 100 House Republicans who are expected to object to at least one state’s electors tomorrow when the House and Senate convene to count the votes.

The list of representatives includes Reps. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Jody Hice (R-Ga.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) , Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.), Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).