While Republicans and Trump's re-election team have been unable to prove claims of widespread election fraud, with 51 of 52 such cases being dismissed or withdrawn from court due to lack of evidence, Brooks' challenge would be a last-ditch effort to at least symbolically protest the election of President-elect Joe Biden while also pledging loyalty to Trump and avoiding the wrath of his supporters.
I think this paragraph sums it all up.
Ironbite-anyone who supports this shouldn't be sat in Congress.
Very likely any Republican who doesn't support it won't be in Congress. It's why over half the House caucus supported Texas' suit at the Supreme Court, and the rest have been silent on whether Biden actually won. It's why the Senators who have said, yeah, Biden won are the ones who aren't too worried about re-election--for instance, Sasse and Collins just won, Murkowski already proved she can win as a write-in, and Toomey isn't running again. (There's more by now, but those are the names that come to mind.)
This is a loyalty test for 2022 and 2024.
EDIT:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-trump-electoral-college-votes-1.5840102The Electoral College has voted, with a majority of votes cast for Joe Biden for President and Kamala Harris for Vice President.
Also, William Barr is resigning as Attorney General effective December 24.
EDIT #2: Roy Blunt and Lindsey Graham are the most recent Republican Senators to acknowledge Biden as President-elect, significant since Blunt is a member of Senate Republican leadership and Graham is a staunch Trump ally.
EDIT #3:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/putin-biden-u-s-election-1.5841673Mitch McConnell has acknowledged Biden's victory.
EDIT #4:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/15/mcconnell-gop-election-results-445524So McConnell got on a conference call with Senate Republicans and asked them not to join Rep. Brooks' effort to challenge the election in Congress. Apparently, according to Sen. Capito, nobody on the call objected to McConnell's request, but Sen. Paul apparently hasn't ruled out joining Rep. Brooks, and Senator-elect Tommy Tuberville wasn't on the call.
My money's on Ted Cruz, though.