Friday afternoon, Rep Chip Roy (R-TX) took to Twitter to defend himself after CNN reported earlier in the morning that he and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) were in constant contact for days with former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows attempting to figure out a way to block the certification of President Joe Biden's win over Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
A timeline of the texts showed the two lawmakers were begging for talking points from the White House in the hopes of derailing the will of the voters, with the two later realizing that the case being made by Trump's legal team would not hold up to scrutiny.
Nonetheless. Roy asserted on Friday that he did the right thing and was "acting in defense of the Constitution."
Roy wrote, "Been off social media this Good Friday, but apparently there’s quite a stir. I’ll say this once. No apologies for my private texts or public positions - to those on the left or right. I stand behind seeking truth, fighting nonsense, & then acting in defense of the Constitution."
Few of his critics on Twitter were buying it, with one suggesting he "lawyer up."
You can see some responses below:
It\u2019s a sin to liehttps://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1515050204554215429\u00a0\u2026— BaJGT50 (@BaJGT50) 1650060242
If you refuse to do your job, resign.\n\nIf you refuse to resign, we will work to replace you!pic.twitter.com/hwvkCqe6fc— Alamo_On_The_Rise \ud83d\ude37\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2 (@Alamo_On_The_Rise \ud83d\ude37\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2) 1650058328
It\u2019s very Republican of Chip Roy to drape himself in Christianity while lying.pic.twitter.com/MWTzfmiJ4T— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1650051091
You were acting against the Constitution itself. \n\nBetter lawyer up, Chip.— UtesBy5! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@UtesBy5! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1650050981
Good luck with that buddy.https://mobile.twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1514965828030115841\u00a0\u2026— Maureen Moore (@Maureen Moore) 1650066746
Really? It seemd from these texts you knew Trump had committed the crimes he was impeached for yet you voted to not impeach him after 1/6? Why don't you apologize for not upholding your sworn (on a Bible) duty to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic?— callingbrown (@callingbrown) 1650068711
Wait , were you not on earlier tweeting about baseball? Wasn\u2019t it Good Friday this morning ? You can\u2019t keep your stories straight ...— Artie Artie (@Artie Artie) 1650050965
Seems like you stand behind a treason too. Hoping the DOJ pays you a visit. Then this would be a great Friday.— Mr. Newberger (@Mr. Newberger) 1650051028
You really shouldn\u2019t have said that. You\u2019re only making things worse for yourself. Much worse.— Harrison Lee (@Harrison Lee) 1650055574
What\u2019s the penalty for treason again?— Benjamin Dreyer \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Benjamin Dreyer \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1650069831
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mike-lee-chip-roy-texts-mark-meadows-overturn-election-1338104/\u00a0\u2026\nRoy, meanwhile, urged Meadows to prepare for battle. \u201cWe need ammo. We need fraud examples. We need it this weekend,\u201d he wrote.\n\nThis isn't acting in defense of the Constitution, this was shredding it.— Penny Johnson \ud83c\udf0a Biden/Harris 2020 (@Penny Johnson \ud83c\udf0a Biden/Harris 2020) 1650110364
Super religious Chip has been off Twitter today. Except for the tweet he posted 9 hours ago. And the one he posted 8 hours ago. Which makes for approximately 7 hours of behind the scenes damage control. Ok.https://twitter.com/chiproytx/status/1515043388415959044\u00a0\u2026— PoliticOhMyGawd (@PoliticOhMyGawd) 1650060785
Tsk tsk - lying about trying to overthrow the government on Good Friday.— Shannon \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Shannon \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1650051316
Tell that to the judge.— MT (@MT) 1650050237
