“Please tell Pence”
What Pence believes is irrelevant.
Please show me in Article II or Amendment XII where there is even a SUGGESTION that Congress has ANY authority over the State Legislatures when it comes to appointing the President. You can’t because it doesn’t exist.
The subject of Congress choosing the President was debated extensively at the Convention. Why do you suppose the Founders designed this complicated Rube Goldberg EC system if they wanted Congress to be in charge?
They designed it because they DIDN’T want Congress involved.
The subject of Congress choosing the President was debated extensively at the Convention. Why do you suppose the Founders designed this complicated Rube Goldberg EC system if they wanted Congress to be in charge?
Congress doesn’t “appoint” the President but it does CERTIFY the results of the vote of the state electors as sent to the Capitol and counted there.
Hence “ certification”. The term you object to.
The VP presides over the EC vote, announces the result and asks if there are any objections.
If so then another process ensues. A process which was disrupted by the J6 event. Disrupting the procedure of allowing the House and Senate to file objections to the EC vote and vote on those objections.
Pence rather than delay the proceeding to allow the objection process to be implemented…declared the electoral vote valid and declared Biden the winner. Hence the controversy of his decision and action,
Thus call it by whatever term you choose, but most refer to the VP role as “certifying” the election.
Back to the report which indicates the manner and timing of the emergency being declared…..( due to discover of “ pipe bomb” and ensuing evacuation of the Speaker and VP) ….was orchestrated to obfuscate and bypass any challenge to the EV……the objection procedure.
The actual topic of this discussion,