[ought-six]

“If Pence gave the order, Trump has been deposed.”

No. As the ranking federal official at the Capitol Pence would have that authority.

[Dr. Franklin]

No. As the ranking federal official at the Capitol Pence would have that authority.

Considering that Trump is at the White House, I don't think so. Considering that Trump and Pence don't appear to be talking, I don't think so. The problem is, that if they don't know where Congress is, Trump can't give his response. Pelosi was discussing the 25th Amendment right before the election for a reason.

[Vermont Lt]

No he wouldn’t.

[Vermont Lt]

The VP is in the National Security establishment, but the VP is not in the Military Chain of Command.

He can’t order anything but cheeseburgers.

[Sense]

Pence was not the ranking authority of anything.

He has no authority over the military.

None. Stupid anyway... Trump was right there... and we’d been told all along “the military wouldn’t be involved”... and they, quite ridiculously, just tried to reign in the Insurrection Act to make it HARDER for the President to deploy the Guard. But they have ZERO authority to do so without him.

It looks like:

They got caught cheating in elections... panicked... rigged a FAKE joint session of Congress to validate the fraud... and now they are launching a full blown coup.

This ends either with a full restoration of the rule of law, of a full on communist dictatorship.

But, at least, people now will know the truth about the government they have...