Posted on 12/15/2016 7:11:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The latest twist in Democrats’ campaign to undermine the electoral college has been bubbling up for about a week now. Yesterday, Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia posted a statement on his Facebook page saying the electoral college vote, scheduled to take place Monday, should be delayed:
Recent, credible intelligence reports suggest a concerted effort by a foreign power to interfere in the outcome of our presidential election.
I believe that Electors should be given all information relevant to this interference before they make their decisions and before they cast their votes.
Congress must take whatever action is necessary to protect the integrity of our democracy. I call on the leaders of Congress to delay the date of the vote for the Electoral College until an intelligence briefing has been given to each Elector.
Beyer told the Washington Post later in the day, “If we don’t act early, and soon, we run the risk of having an illegitimate president.” That certainly makes it sound as if the goal here is more than getting information.
Meanwhile, a petition has been circulating on Change.org for the last week asking for such a delay in the vote. It has nearly 175,000 signatures at this point. Also yesterday, there was a message posted on Change.org claiming that Nancy Pelosi was asking for help to push this delay on President Obama. There has been no statement verifying this from Pelosi, meaning it may be “fake news.” Even so, more than 30,000 people have signed it in just 24 hours.
As you can tell from Rep. Beyer’s statement, all of this fresh activity surrounding a call to delay the vote is piggybacking on an effort by a group of Democratic electors, led by Nancy Pelosi’s daughter Christine Pelosi, to demand an intelligence briefing before the vote is taken. Yesterday I noted the number of signatories to that letter had climbed to forty. Today it reached 68, with all but one of them Democrats.
So first we had the call for a intelligence briefing, which as Fox News’ Chris Wallace notes below, would be a stretch given that most of the electors do not have a security clearance. Now, on top of that request you have a call to delay the vote until the first demand is satisfied.
It really is looking more and more like Democrats are groping their way toward a concerted effort to change the results of this election. How many weeks ago was it when failing to accept the results of an election was frowned upon as a threat to democracy? Seems like an age ago.
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They are relentless and if we don’t become the same, they will end up winning in the long run.
They say it's not over til Congress accepts the vote of the electors, and that's not a given...
Whoops, forgot that part...but the odds do get longer as each hurdle is passed. I certainly would not want to be a Republican Congressman running for re-election after defying the vote of my state, and my Electors.
Obama just spoke on the tube a couple of minutes ago telling us that he/CIA now has irrefutable proof that Putin himself directed the hacking operation...And Russia will pay...
This could be a very rocky month to wade thru...
I hope you're right. However...
What?
Just sayin’. You know McCain’s ready to stab us in the back.
I agree. Trump has already been showing them that the military is on his side. I think there’s a reason for that.
It will get harder and harder for him to drag the military along with his schemes, though...
Beyer should just go back to selling used cars.
Yes let’s do so for 89378953625763287 year so the Dems can stay in power!
These people aren’t democratic. They’re totalitarian, radical leftists and should be called as such.
Since when did Pelosi or Obama care to follow the law?
Let’s play fantasy coup:
The ground forces are on Trump’s side, except (possibly) the Pentagon princes. The Air Force? Probably pro-Obama. The Navy? Their leadership has been very pro-tranny, pro-gay. Hard to know.
The Air Force follows the US Constitution. NOT the president.
In any case, the culture is decidedly pro-USA, anti-Marxist. Lot’s of good Christians who have been pushed aside, too. Consider all that’s happened at the USAF Academy...
And moreover, there’s bee n A LOT of grumbling lately about the Obama admin imposing a no-fly zone in Syria. USAF does NOT want! To a man, all against this.
But Congress isn't the one authorized to call for a drone strike on George Soros, is it?
The Democrat Thug Party.
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