Then it would be thrown into the House.
it would not emerge - it would be held for leverage its Washington.
Good observation. I hadnt thought of that.
In spite of its Dem majority, the House could very well pick Trump, depending on what the makeup of the delegation of each state is (1 vote per state), and who even bothers to show up (per the 12th Amendment, amazingly, you would only need 34 House members to form a quorum, as long as each one is from a different state).