Posted on 08/24/2023 8:17:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Tucker asked Trump twice about his concern about assassination.
Trump dodged the question the first time and the second time replied “They are savages.”
So Pence could have done what Trump asked him to do but
Now Biden got a law passed that would prevent a VP from sending electoral votes back to states??
It allows for faster erosion of the field. I don't expect 3 of those candidates to be invited to the 9-27 debate.
That’s my understanding (from before this news-reporting cycle).
I think his point was if it were not something the VP could do, sending the electors back to the state, why did they pass a law to stop it? I am not up on this to the degree some are but it would seem to me if that is a constitutional duty of the VP, the constitution would have to amended to redo it?
dodged? lol
It’s interesting that you point that out and in the way you quote. When Trump said that I instantaneously though the mainstream media and the Biden campaign would use it to say Trump is calling Democrat voters “Savages”. But to be fair and honest that’s not in context because Trump followed the “savages” statement with, “There’s a lot of good Democrats …”.
A second thought on this is while Trump was embracing the entire nation and all voters, seven of eight GOP presidential candidates have been insulting Trump and his supporters. Trump made it clear in the Tucker interview that he was/will be the President of all the people by saying exactly that. He can also back that statement by how all Americans benefited by his economic policies.
A more appropriate characterization would have been “skirted”.
The problem is that Congress muddied the waters when it passed the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to deal with potentially disputed electoral votes like the case of the disputed 1876 election.
One key provision of that law — involving members of Congress objecting to electoral votes certified by the states — is almost certainly unconstitutional in cases where only one slate of electors is certified by a state.
Thank you.
Anything Biden/Demx pass is not good for our country.
The 12th amendment changed the original method by which the VP is chosen, but retained the same wording regarding the duty of the President of the Senate, aka the Vice President:
“the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;–The person having the greatest number of votes for President”
I’ve never understood where in the constitution the VP has any leeway or choice, but the legislation Trump referred to just added another lock to the door he wanted Pence to open. If someone can show me where Pence could have done so within the bounds of the constitution I’d like to see it.
Otherwise I do not want Mike Pence doing extra-constitutional make-up-as-you-go crap any more than I want democrats doing so. We either live under the Constitution, or we don’t.
If Trump can lose his self aspirational image for a moment and lay the facts of the bigger picture of deep state and their motives out for the public, he would win in a landslide.
Then, if they cheat Trump out of it, the people will not tolerate it and all hell will break loose.
Trump needs to portray himself as a freedom fighter and the corrupt deep state as CCP pawns.
Our country is in such bad shape that I doubt if Trump can save it even if he wins with a Republican House and Senate.
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Lol. Very good. Crow for Vice-President.
“Trump is calling Democrat voters “Savages”.”
I thought Trump was referring to the Deep State. The RINOS hate him as much or more than the Democrats. After all, the Deep State killed JFK, and he was Democrat.
You are correct. But lines like that get twisted by the msm and democrat campaigns. Just to be clear. I have no problem with him saying that. They will always find something to twist out of context. And it doesn’t matter if it is Trump. Any leading Republican candidate will have lies told about what he says.
I listened to some of the interview and it sounded like Trump was applying for a job with a TV station or Talk show. No mention of anything on policy.
RE: No mention of anything on policy.
He’s had 4 years governing the country as President. What policies of his on energy, taxes, foreign policy, the border, trade, judges and justices, defense, etc. are still unknown to you?
Nice one!
So just writing some nonsense law wouldn’t hold up under judicial review.
So technically, that 2022 law is unconstitutional and the VP still has the power to return the electors to the state for re-certification.
The founders had no idea what a mockery our legal process would become, they wanted the power in Congress especially the house, so there is no ceremony or ceremonial duties written in the Constitution, those are real powers, and the vice president has the authority to verify certify or not, each states electoral votes during the electoral college.
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