There is NO doubt of this….
There will be 6 hours of noise….
But in the end?
Joseph R, Biden will take the oath of Office less than. two weeks from now….
Kamala Harris will then take the oath to become Americans First Women Vice President….
Thank You America….
Thank You Donald Trump for the help…..
And for showing the American system of Democracy DOES work….
Vice President Mike Pence told President Trump on Tuesday that he did not believe he had the power to block congressional certification of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory in the presidential election despite Mr. Trump’s baseless insistence that he did, people briefed on the conversation said.
Mr. Pence’s message, delivered during his weekly lunch with the president, came hours after Mr. Trump further turned up the public pressure on the vice president to do his bidding when Congress convenes Wednesday in a joint session to ratify Mr. Biden’s Electoral College win.
“The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter on Tuesday morning, an inaccurate assertion that mischaracterized Mr. Pence’s largely formal and constitutionally prescribed role of presiding over the House and Senate as they receive and certify the electoral votes conveyed by the states and announcing the outcome.
Mr. Pence does not have the unilateral power to alter the resultssent by the states to Congress.
More Republican senators came out on Tuesday against attempts to undermine the results, including Tim Scott of South Carolina and James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma, who said he viewed challenging any state’s certification as “a violation of my oath of office.”
In a process that is likely to go on for many hours, Mr. Pence will preside on Wednesday over a roll call of the states. If at least one senator and one House member object to the results from a state, they can force a debate of up to two hours about those results. Each chamber will then vote separately on whether to certify that state’s results.
For results to be overturned, both the House and the Senate would have to agree to do so. Because the House is controlled by the Democrats, there is no realistic possibility of any state’s outcome being rejected. In addition, many if not most Senate Republicans appear likely to join all Democrats in rejecting challenges to the results.
When the results from all of the states have been considered, Mr. Pence, who as vice president also serves as presiding officer of the Senate, will be called on to read out the Electoral College votes for each candidate, formalizing Mr. Biden’s victory….
Not a good look….
Some new Republican Congresswoman from Illinois named Miller was speaking and said “Hitler was right about one thing…”
Probably not a good way to start your congressional career
It should be pointed out that jack’s new Congresswoman Nancy Mace is among the conservative Republicans who are vocally opposed to the stunt going on today.
southpaw
@nycsouthpaw
Mitch McConnell experiencing three simultaneous nightmares today, reportedly
Pence announces he won’t do Trump bidding…..
Vice President Mike Pence released a statement on his role moments before Wednesday’s joint session of Congress, saying that he cannot submit to demands he overthrow the results of the November election….
Text….
McvConnell….
CSPAN
@cspan
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@senatemajldr
: “The Constitution gives us here in Congress a limited role. We cannot simply declare ourselves a national board of elections on steroids.”
In the end?
The lawmakers ands GOP’er’s Trump fucked over turn their backs on him…..
It is only fair…..
Yes I’m reading her column in the local newspaper in which she also announced that she still supports Trump.
Nice straddle
Chris Cillizza
@CillizzaCNN
“Trump and I have, we’ve had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. Oh my God, I hate it … All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.” —Sen. Lindsey Graham tonight
“….. And IIIIIIIIII will always love youuuuuuuu.. will always….”
Jim Sciutto
@jimsciutto
The majority of House Republicans are voting to throw out an entire state’s electoral votes. Today apparently changed very little.
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Jim Sciutto
@jimsciutto
Already more than 100 GOP House members have voted to support the objection to AZ electoral votes. And dozens more to count.
Now that they have gone through this motion that began earlier in the day. hopefully that is it… if they still have a House and Senate member object to Georgia, or any other state, its a travesty.
Bloomberg
@business
Senate rejects challenge to Biden’s electoral votes in Arizona after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol
Dave Wasserman
@Redistrict
Replying to
@Redistrict
Update: House Rs vote 121-83 to uphold the AZ objection, with 220 Democrats unanimously voting against.
Bloomberg
@business
Latest: The U.S. House and Senate have both rejected objections to the Arizona election results
Jennifer Bendery
@jbendery
The Senate voted 6-93 to reject Arizona’s presidential election results.
The six senators who voted to toss em out, based on false claims of election fraud:
Ted Cruz
Josh Hawley
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Roger Marshall
John Kennedy
Tommy Tuberville
All fucking MAGA bootlickers
Forget the short time vote thing ….
Trump supporters ARE stringing things out….
The Senate is going over accepting the states elector reports….
They apparently will be doing this and then the both Houses would vote to accept the count which will be Biden 306…Trump 232…..
These 7 senators voted to sustain the objection against Pennsylvania’s electoral votes [CNN]
An objection to certify Pennsylvania’s electoral votes failed in the Senate tonight, with a 92-7 vote.
Here are the seven Republican senators who voted to sustain the objection:
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley
Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis
Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall
Florida Sen. Rick Scott
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
House rejects objection to Pa electors by something like 303-127-(5 NV).
The Cult owns the GOP caucus by about 3 to 2.
Could one say the stunt’s today have back fired?
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)
@RoKhanna
I have never praised @senatemajldr
. But his speech today makes me proud to be an American. Yes it’s late. But still. He is speaking about having common facts & a common reality and not striking a fatal blow to American institutions or democracy. It is arguably his finest speech.