HARRISBURG, Pa. - Democratic members of Pennsylvania's Senate say that Thursday's first hearing in what Republicans call a "full forensic investigation" into last year's presidential election is part of a national campaign to attack elections.n "audit" to Pennsylvania.But leaders of the state Senate's Democratic minority say it is a perversion of the Senate's rules and an extension of a nationwide campaign to roll back voting rights in service to Donald Trump's baseless claims that the election was stolen from him.Sen.
Vincent Hughes, D-Philadelphia, called it a taxpayer-funded "campaign event" to rescue Trump.The matter has sown discord in the Senate Republican caucus.