“And yet the states certified their votes.”
IIRC (and I may not be), the states did certify their votes at the beginning. Then the proof of fraud became obvious and a couple/few of those states wanted their certifications held up or pulled. That’s when Pence (Jan. 6) had the opportunity — and duty, per some in the know like Levin, et al. — to send certifications back to some states for review, audit, confirmation, etc.
I could be wrong, but that’s how I recall it.
“The republicans need to pull up their big girl pants and get in the game.”
I don’t speak for everybody, but America suffered for centuries to create the best country ever known to man. Just giving up isn’t in our DNA — at least not all of us. I agree that the GOP didn’t do enough in 2018 to turn things around re election fraud. But we can’t condone cheating. And it’s hard when half or more of the GOP is in on the steal.
Bottom line: Cheating is wrong and you can’t blame GOP for RAT cheating. We KNOW they’ll cheat; it’s what they do. Trying to figure out how they’ll do it is like Whack-A-Mole. Satan living in them and controlling their brains takes basic deviousness to a critical level, and when it comes to trying to figure out how they’ll cheat it’s impossible to keep up.
Well said.
What you mean is a minority of legislators from a couple/few states wanted the certifications held up or pulled. I'm not aware of a single state where the the legislature itself voted to pull their certifications.
That’s when Pence (Jan. 6) had the opportunity — and duty, per some in the know like Levin, et al. — to send certifications back to some states for review, audit, confirmation, etc.
Nothing in the Constitution or the procedures adopted by Congress for counting and certifying the electoral votes gave Pence that power.