Legislature to Seek to Reclaim Power to Appoint Electors: Pennsylvania State Sen. Mastriano

Gateway Pundit quoting an interview on Bannon's War Room ^ | November 27, 2020 | Pennsylvania state Senator Doug Mastriano (R-33)

[Dr. Franklin]

Mastriano: “…So, we’re gonna do a resolution between the House and Senate, hopefully today. I’ve spent two hours online trying to coordinate this with my colleagues. And there’s a lot of good people working this here. Saying, that the resolution saying we’re going to take our power back. We’re gonna seat the electors. Now obviously we’re gonna need the support of the leadership of the House and Senate, we’re getting there on that. But we need to act like…”

Bannon: “Hold it, hold it, hold it. I think we got some breaking news here. You’re saying you’re going to get a joint resolution to actually go forward and, the Republicans control the House and Senate, to go forward to basically take the power back from the secretary of state and put it in the state legislature to put forward the electors?”

Mastriano: “That is exactly what we’re gonna do. And so, look, it’s gonna obviously be a struggle. We’re gonna hear the palpitations and you know the outcries of our Governor Wolf and Secretary Boockvar, whose resignation should have happened months ago and she shouldn’t have ever been confirmed. But you know what we have that power and we’re gonna take that power back because there’s so much evidence of shenanigans and fraud, we can’t stand aside and just watch this unfold around us. You know, it’s not about disenfranchising anybody, it’s making sure that every legal vote counted. And if there’s extensive shenanigans out there it’s up to the General Assembly to step in. So we have a fight on our hands and we’re gonna fight. We’re gonna take the fight all the way to the Supreme Court if we have to.”

[Dr. Franklin]

This is the end game. The state legislatures will appoint the presidential electors according to their authority in Article II, Sec. 1, para. 3. Hopefully, this happens and other state legislatures follow suit. It is obvious who won this election. If the court's refuse to handle the problem, then the legislatures must.

[lwd]

I was watching this live earlier. Can confirm... If you live in PA NOW is the time to call you state rep and senator!!!

[Fido969]

That gives us two avenues in PA - straight legislature and courts.

[FreedomNotSafety]

Aint going to happen. This is all bluster. This legislature has had plenty of time to take decisive action and they did not. Now we are supposed to believe they will seat the electors?

This a pander to the Trump base nothing more.

[Fido969]

lol. Twitter suspended Mastriano’s account. It’s back up now.

[Admin Moderator]

In the future, use the published headline.

[calenel]

“This a pander to the Trump base nothing more.”

And every single one of these guys will get primaried if they don’t act.

You might not have watched that hearing, but there was ample popular support for this, and plenty of legal support as well. And there have been other meetings and discussions. Don’t count this move out.

[Flick Lives]

Twitter suspended Mastriano’s account.

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What was the charge? Tweeting while Republican?

[freddy005]

This is the end game. The state legislatures will appoint the presidential electors according to their authority in Article II, Sec. 1, para. 3. Hopefully, this happens and other state legislatures follow suit. It is obvious who won this election. If the court’s refuse to handle the problem, then the legislatures must.
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I agree with you 100%! It will be a much better case to win (instead of the cases pending now which most of the lower courts have shown not to want to pursue for political reasons instead of constitutional reasons) in the US Supreme Court if the issue comes down to: “Who has the ultimate legal right to select electors in each state?” If ONLY the weak Republicans would follow the PA Reps Legislators then the Left and their media allies could cry, riot, etc all they want but a 2nd Trump term could be spent uncovering ALL of these shenanigans and illegal activities and ACTUAL people but in prison! This should have been the END GAME from our side!

[billyboy15]

“Aint going to happen. This is all bluster.”

Must be great to be able to know the future. Can you give me a few good stocks to pick up?

[lwd]

Newsweek reached out for a comment. No reply.

[Dr. Franklin]

And every single one of these guys will get primaried if they don’t act.

Furthmore, any GOP legislator who doesn't vote for this will be suspected of taking a payoff like certain Republicans in AZ and GA. They have large enough margins in PA that they could lose a few votes, and this will still pass. The courts have said ordinary voters lack standing to challenge the election, so now the legislature can do it.

[misanthrope]

How, why, and at what point in time, did the PA legislature surrender the power to appoint the electors?

[FreeReign]

That gives us two avenues in PA - straight legislature and courts.

It will wind up one avenue with both the legislature and the courts involved.

The SC will rule certain aspects of the election unconstitutional and then point out that the state legislators have the constitutional power to remedy the situation, by appointing electors.

The state legislators will then act, hopefully in an appropriate manner.

[FreeReign]

Aint going to happen. This is all bluster. This legislature has had plenty of time to take decisive action and they did not. Now we are supposed to believe they will seat the electors?

You don't know that.

The legislature just heard from the Trump team on Wednesday. And they will probably wait for the SC. Then hopefully they will react in an appropriate manner.

[Bellagio]

"...to go forward to basically take the power back from the secretary of state and put it in the state legislature to put forward the electors?”

There is no taking back anything the Governor & SOS a power they 'never' had. They were acting as legislative proxies in the appointment of electors.

All the legislature needs to do is declare/invoke their Constitution authority to appoint electors.

It's just simply saying to the Governor and SOS... "Playtime's over. You abused your trust. Now the adults will take it from here."

[Dr. Franklin]

It also saves taxpayer money used in recounts, and paying the legal expenses of corrupt officials. PA can set the precedent and get the ball rolling. GA has the problem that the governor needs the governor to call the state legislature into a special session before it can assemble. He is refusing causing additional state expense in useless recounts without auditing the signatures.

[caww]

.......”We’re gonna hear the palpitations and you know the outcries of our Governor Wolf and Secretary Boockvar”......

On that note I have a question.......Since Wolf was sucssesful in extending a “State of Emergency” in Pa. after it went to the Supremes. Would those Governing Emergency powers allow him or the State to extend the vote count beyond the cut off date of voting the 3rd for the election because of covid..

[HamiltonJay]

I am cautious about betting on GOP in PA keeping a united front.. I don’t have faith you won’t see traitors

[Dr. Franklin]

There is no taking back anything the Governor & SOS a power they 'never' had.

The power was delegated to the Commonwealth's voters through an election. The SoS was empowered by statute to administer that election and the governor empowered by statute to certify the results of the election. Should the legislature now appoint the electors themselves, there could be a problem if the governor certifies a different slate of electors and forwards it to Congress. The U.S. Constitution states that the state legislatures determine how state's electors are choosen, but federal statutory law states that if two slates of electors are submitted, the slate certified by the governor is preferred by Congress.