"In the days leading up to January 6, I had a job to do. There were rumors circulating suggesting that some states were considering switching out their slates of electors. I did research on that; I made phone calls to figure out whether the rumors were true. The rumors were false. On that basis, I voted to certify the results of the elections."
Lee did vote on January 6 to certify Biden's victory. But before that, he wasn't merely doing research. To the contrary, on Jan. 4, he told Mark Meadows in reference to Trump: "I've been spending 14 hours a day for the last week trying to unravel this for him."
Asked during the debate if Biden fairly won the election, Lee said "yes, Joe Biden is our president" because Biden "was chosen in the only election that matters: the election held by the Electoral College." But Lee's texts show that he kept working to achieve a Trump victory for three weeks after the Electoral College affirmed Biden's win on December 14, 2020.
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The above quotations are from Fact-checking on 2022 gubernatorial and Senate campaigns.
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