Rachel Maddow: “If those nominees are confirmed, the board will consist equal number of Democrats and Republicans.”

Elected Republicans have almost uniformly embraced Mr. Trump’s claims that the vote was stolen.

Despite those charges, Jeff Fortenberry vowed to press on, vowed to stay in office.

In political terms, his absence from the Senate erases the Democrats` razor thin majority and, of course, it`s happening just as President Biden prepares to nominate and try to confirm a new justice to the Supreme Court.

This makes three now, three members of the so-called Proud Boys, who have pled guilty.