Author: Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY

Sen. Ted Cruz and 10 other Republican senators will join Sen. Josh Hawley in objecting to the election results during Wednesday’s joint session.

“We have all lost a good man,” Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said in a statement. “May we all recommit to taking extra steps to care for one another.”

“I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and that is what I will do January 6,” Sen. Murkowski said in a statement.

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was also at the Oval Office meeting, where the idea of martial law was reportedly raised and shot down.

President-elect Joe Biden said Americans struggling in the coronavirus pandemic need economic relief now. He also spoke with European leaders.