RAND PAUL: "The fraud happened. The election in many ways was stolen ..."

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[RandFan]

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Rand Paul: "The fraud happened. The election in many ways was stolen and the only way it will be fixed is by in the future reinforcing the laws."

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[Presbyterian Reporter]

I suggest you take the time to read Paragraph 15 of TITLE 3 in the US Code that details exactly the process that will take place on January 6, 2021.

“””Counting electoral votes in congress

§ 15. Congress shall be in session on the sixth day of January succeeding every meeting of the electors. The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives at the hour of 1 o’clock in the afternoon on that day, and the President of the Senate shall be their presiding officer. Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter A; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates; and the votes having been ascertained and counted according to the rules in this subchapter provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals of the two Houses. Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper, the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any.

Every objection shall be made in writing, and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one Senator and one Member of the House of Representatives before the same shall be received. When all objections so made to any vote or paper from a State shall have been received and read, the Senate shall thereupon withdraw, and such objections shall be submitted to the Senate for its decision; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, in like manner, submit such objections to the House of Representatives for its decision; and no electoral vote or votes from any State which shall have been regularly given by electors whose appointment has been lawfully certified to according to section 6 of this title from which but one return has been received shall be rejected, but the two Houses concurrently may reject the vote or votes when they agree that such vote or votes have not been so regularly given by electors whose appointment has been so certified. If more than one return or paper purporting to be a return from a State shall have been received by the President of the Senate, those votes, and those only, shall be counted which shall have been regularly given by the electors who are shown by the determination mentioned in section 5 of this title to have been appointed, if the determination in said section provided for shall have been made, or by such successors or substitutes, in case of a vacancy in the board of electors so ascertained, as have been appointed to fill such vacancy in the mode provided by the laws of the State; but in case there shall arise the question which of two or more of such State authorities determining what electors have been appointed, as mentioned in section 5 of this title, is the lawful tribunal of such State, the votes regularly given of those electors, and those only, of such State shall be counted whose title as electors the two Houses, acting separately, shall concurrently decide is supported by the decision of such State so authorized by its law; and in such case of more than one return or paper purporting to be a return from a State, if there shall have been no such determination of the question in the State aforesaid, then those votes, and those only, shall be counted which the two Houses shall concurrently decide were cast by lawful electors appointed in accordance with the laws of the State, unless the two Houses, acting separately, shall concurrently decide such votes not to be the lawful votes of the legally appointed electors of such State.

But if the two Houses shall disagree in respect of the counting of such votes, then, and in that case, the votes of the electors whose appointment shall have been certified by the executive of the State, under the seal thereof, shall be counted. When the two Houses have voted, they shall immediately again meet, and the presiding officer shall then announce the decision of the questions submitted. No votes or papers from any other State shall be acted upon until the objections previously made to the votes or papers from any State shall have been finally disposed of.”””

[CottonBall]

I doubt it now, sounds like he has caved. Fixing it in the future? We have no future unless it is fixed immediately.

[MIA_eccl1212]

I don’t think most of the republican senators are... actually republican. If their deposits from CCP-china are exposed... they will be destroyed. If Trump is put back in his rightful place, they KNOW their payments from CCP-china WILL be exposed further along with all of the CCP nationwide payments to Pubbies AND democrats, federal, state and local.

If they(fake pubbies) vote against Trump... Harris and Joebama MAY let them stay in office to run for another term using the joebama stacked voting system that will own them going forward... for a small fee... call it Obama’s Jizya tax.

So its a catch 22 for them, but realize about 1/3 of them viscerally hate our president... and us. So that may drive their choice as well.

Only GOD can turn the hearts of our leaders... like a stream in a rainstorm in the desert.... but note He can also... dry them up, permanently, and instantly if He so chooses... Because they have chosen, poorly.

I LOVE your faith and its expression.

[Jan_Sobieski]

What Senators will vote Trump? Mo Brooks? Ted Cruise? Rand Paul? Josh Hawley? 5 is not a majority. Most Senators have already Congatulated Biden!?

[Yaelle]

I agree. 2020 is over. NOW is the time to make changes for national elections. Prevent voter fraud now.

[gw-ington]

Rand Paul: "The election in many ways was stolen and the only way it will be fixed is by in the future reinforcing the laws."

Another weak-kneed response from a Republican politician. The election "in many ways" was stolen (notice how he looks down when he says that because he's clearly intimidated by Democrats). Well, the Democrats will respond to that by saying, "in many other ways," it was not stolen. The only way it will be fixed is by "reinforcing the laws" sometime in the future. Yeah, kick the can down the road. Nothing to see here. As if kicking the can down the road will ensure it's ever addressed.

Rand Paul also claimed that, sometime in the future, the Senate will call state legislatures to testify and the Senate will ask them what they might do in the future to see this doesn't happen again. But the Democrat and RINO state legislators will just mumble some incoherent answer, perfectly happy with the current state of elections. Rand Paul also said, We can't really interfere with the states. So literally nothing will be done. A lot of meaningless talk. Nothing to see here. Everyone please move on.

[redheadedshannon]

I so want him to run in 2024. He would be excellent & he knows how to argue a point. He’s also a nice mix of all the wings of the conservative movement: constitutionalist, libertarian, populist, free-marketeer & traditionalist. He’s fairly young, he fights back, he doesn’t support neoconservative endless wars & he goes to war with the establishment!!! 😉😃

[lodi90]

No Senators for POTUS. Ever. Rand could drop a dime on the District of Corruption at any time. Is he? Nope. In fact he has a special rule not to ever attack McConnell because they are both from Kentucky.

[Yaelle]

That’s a decent start, but it must be fixed NOW and the wrongs resulting from this current theft must be righted NOW.

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On what planet? Our publicly sanctioned dissemination of info has told most hardworking and decent Americans there was either no fraud or so little and scattered that it did not affect the results. The people who have believed it will be in uproar that some fringe elements want to overthrow a democratic election. So it’s not possible.

Until we can have a multi-faceted approved media.

[VastRWCon]

“I agree. 2020 is over. NOW is the time to make changes for national elections. Prevent voter fraud now.”

It isn’t over yet, geesh have a little faith.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

“ Rand Paul also said, We can’t really interfere with the states. ”

And demented Joe and the whore of California say: Hold muh beer

[knarf]

[silverleaf]

“ in the future” ain’t happening if they get away with this

[redheadedshannon]

I am so sick of Free Republic lately. I’m sicccccckkkkkk of everyone acting like we have to be at war with everyone. Rand Paul is not an enemy. But please, feel free to follow that movement over a cliff. Free Republic is becoming a redoubt for Hatfield & McCoy morons 🤦🏼

[PIF]

The stupid is strong in this one. Not fixed now, never fixed.

[Olog-hai]

No; 2020 is not over.

[Olog-hai]

Frankly, “everyone” is at war with us. And that is the way Trump is regarding the steal; he is not laying down or surrendering.

[lodi90]

LOL. I gave you the facts. The GOP Senate has fully supported the ongoing coup for 4 years. Ignore the facts if you wish in support of your favorite beltway TV conservative. I won’t be.