Posted on 12/06/2020 8:48:32 AM PST by weston
Maybe someone else here is going and you can share a room!!
Blank page on wiki.
Thanks....I had posted that, earlier, on another thread.
GM are TA.
Maybe?
FRs’ DC rally threads (2) are not very populated, coming in at about 100 posts per, and maybe 1-2 people are going per each thread.
There are rooms available, just costly now in comparison to a few days ago.
" Joint Statement from Senators Cruz, Johnson, Lankford, Daines, Kennedy, Blackburn, Braun, Senators-Elect Lummis, Marshall, Hagerty, Tuberville January 2, 2021 | 202-228-7561 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Senators-Elect Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) issued the following statement in advance of the Electoral College certification process on January 6, 2021:
"America is a Republic whose leaders are chosen in democratic elections. Those elections, in turn, must comply with the Constitution and with federal and state law.
"When the voters fairly decide an election, pursuant to the rule of law, the losing candidate should acknowledge and respect the legitimacy of that election. And, if the voters choose to elect a new office-holder, our Nation should have a peaceful transfer of power.
"The election of 2020, like the election of 2016, was hard fought and, in many swing states, narrowly decided. The 2020 election, however, featured unprecedented allegations of voter fraud, violations and lax enforcement of election law, and other voting irregularities.
"Voter fraud has posed a persistent challenge in our elections, although its breadth and scope are disputed. By any measure, the allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election exceed any in our lifetimes.
"And those allegations are not believed just by one individual candidate. Instead, they are widespread. Reuters/Ipsos polling, tragically, shows that 39% of Americans believe ‘the election was rigged.' That belief is held by Republicans (67%), Democrats (17%), and Independents (31%).
"Some Members of Congress disagree with that assessment, as do many members of the media.
"But, whether or not our elected officials or journalists believe it, that deep distrust of our democratic processes will not magically disappear. It should concern us all. And it poses an ongoing threat to the legitimacy of any subsequent administrations.
"Ideally, the courts would have heard evidence and resolved these claims of serious election fraud. Twice, the Supreme Court had the opportunity to do so; twice, the Court declined.
"On January 6, it is incumbent on Congress to vote on whether to certify the 2020 election results. That vote is the lone constitutional power remaining to consider and force resolution of the multiple allegations of serious voter fraud.
"At that quadrennial joint session, there is long precedent of Democratic Members of Congress raising objections to presidential election results, as they did in 1969, 2001, 2005, and 2017. And, in both 1969 and 2005, a Democratic Senator joined with a Democratic House Member in forcing votes in both houses on whether to accept the presidential electors being challenged.
"The most direct precedent on this question arose in 1877, following serious allegations of fraud and illegal conduct in the Hayes-Tilden presidential race. Specifically, the elections in three states-Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina-were alleged to have been conducted illegally.
"In 1877, Congress did not ignore those allegations, nor did the media simply dismiss those raising them as radicals trying to undermine democracy. Instead, Congress appointed an Electoral Commission-consisting of five Senators, five House Members, and five Supreme Court Justices-to consider and resolve the disputed returns.
"We should follow that precedent. To wit, Congress should immediately appoint an Electoral Commission, with full investigatory and fact-finding authority, to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns in the disputed states. Once completed, individual states would evaluate the Commission's findings and could convene a special legislative session to certify a change in their vote, if needed.
"Accordingly, we intend to vote on January 6 to reject the electors from disputed states as not ‘regularly given' and ‘lawfully certified' (the statutory requisite), unless and until that emergency 10-day audit is completed.
"We are not naïve. We fully expect most if not all Democrats, and perhaps more than a few Republicans, to vote otherwise. But support of election integrity should not be a partisan issue. A fair and credible audit-conducted expeditiously and completed well before January 20-would dramatically improve Americans' faith in our electoral process and would significantly enhance the legitimacy of whoever becomes our next President. We owe that to the People.
"These are matters worthy of the Congress, and entrusted to us to defend. We do not take this action lightly. We are acting not to thwart the democratic process, but rather to protect it. And every one of us should act together to ensure that the election was lawfully conducted under the Constitution and to do everything we can to restore faith in our Democracy."
I say, yes they have every right to contest it, but in the end whatever happens it appears to me they will still have to follow the U.S.C. code that was enacted AFTER the 1887 contested election. See below.
"Since 1887, 3 U.S.C. 15 has set the method for objections by Members of Congress to electoral votes. During the Joint Session, lawmakers may object to individual electoral votes or to state returns as a whole. An objection must be declared in writing and signed by at least one Representative and one Senator. In the case of an objection, the Joint Session recesses and each chamber considers the objection separately for no more than two hours; each Member may speak for five minutes or less. After each house votes on whether to accept the objection, the Joint Session reconvenes and both chambers disclose their decisions. If both chambers agree to the objection, the electoral votes in question are not counted. If either chamber opposes the objection, the votes are counted."
Yes a Lifetime appointment
Praying so!!!
I’m seeing some pretty decent rates 130 - 150/night, on my Marriott app....not sure how far you’re willing to go.
REsidence Inn Arlington Rosslyn = $146/nite
Courtyard Arlington Rosslyn - $128/nite
Westin Crystal City Reagan - $114/nite
Etc.
Vienna is on the Metro line with a stop; Dumfries you have to drive about 15 miles.
In addition, back in 1876 the states in question set up rival administrations, each sending their own electors. Although there have been 2 results sent from the states in question, I believe that THE state has certified only one result. Much different situation than 1876.
I'm still not convinced that what has occurred since 1876 would be set aside to return to this solution. Nor do I think the Throckmorton decision is a guarantee that the SC may rule in favor of President Trump. The SC has been known to reverse its own decisions. However, none of us are lawyers, and if all lawyers agreed, we wouldn't be in this situation, would we?
I finally found a little more detail about that panel:
“Though the commission was supposed to be comprised of seven Republicans, seven Democrats and one independent”
So that’s how they got both sides to agree. Since 15 is an odd number. But in our case Independents are always Democrats, so I’m not sure how Cruz plans to go around that.
I can’t find anything about Hollingsworth using DuckDuckGo. All it comes up with is things in 2020.
I might have to break down and use Google.
We’re now at well over 100 House members and a dozen Senators ready to stand up for election integrity and object to certification.
It’s time to fight back.— Mark Meadows (@MarkMeadows) January 3, 2021
However, none of us are lawyers, and if all lawyers agreed, we wouldn’t be in this situation, would we?
Well, you ARE going to stay at a Holiday Inn Express, so, there’s that :-D
23% of the House and 12% of the Senate.
Those numbers are probably too big to be ignored, Although our media has ignored worse. We got a few more days, hopefully this thing will snowball.
But... this is by Mark Meadows? Wasn’t he pushing Trump to concede? Or maybe that was a rumor.
I’m not seeing much similarity.
The 1876 election review was a very Party oriented affair.
Trump is not a Party oriented guy.
To be clear: he does not have the Party behind him as Hayes did.
so what happens?
Hopefully we get fair, verifiable elections. That’s all I can hope for. at this point
“Well, you ARE going to stay at a Holiday Inn Express, so, there’s that :-D”
That’s good enough for me to believe what she says :-)
“Also.....this explains the difference between what Sen Hawley was leading the effort of doing.....objecting....and, this commision.”
Is it 10 days of examining the election vs 2 hours?
That’s good enough for me to believe what she says :-)
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