Sen. Toomey refutes Trump’s Pa. election allegations after Capitol attack

(AllSides editor's note: watch video of Senator Toomey remarks here.) In anticipation of the formal objection being filed to Pennsylvania’s electoral college slate in Congress later tonight, U.S. Sen Pat Toomey, a Republican, took to the floor Wednesday night to defend his home state’s results.

And he also continued to make clear his break with President Donald J. Trump’s bizarre crusade to hang onto his office.

“We witnessed today the damage that can result when men in power and responsibility refuse to acknowledge the truth,” Toomey said. “We saw bloodshed, because a demagogue chose to spread falsehoods and sow distrust of his own fellow Americans. Let’s not abet such deception. Let’s reject this motion.”