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Let's get real Pence could not give the Presidency to Trump

Posted on 01/12/2021 7:30:24 PM PST by springwater13

A couple things would have happened if Pence unilaterally ignored the election results in the Senate.

1) The Democrats would immediately sue and it would go before the Supreme Court within 24 hours and overturned. Even a Republican Majority could not allow it as it would create the Precedent of any future Democrat Vice President being given the authority to unilaterally void an electoral college and Congressional certification vote. It was always a ludicrous argument.

2) Pence would be promptly impeached by Pelosi and likely would have to resign or face a Senate trial.

The only thing it may have done was stop the riot and insurrection and make Pence a folk hero to millions and likely 2024 front runner in the primary. It wouldn't have given Trump a second term though.


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To: springwater13

In no universe was Pence ever going to move against the deep state in such a bold manner. He has no such wealth of personal fortitude and most anyone who has followed his political career knows this.

The only one bold enough to do it was Trump...the guy who is being railroaded out of D.C. as we speak.


41 posted on 01/12/2021 7:51:37 PM PST by LongWayHome
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To: springwater13

Give it a break


42 posted on 01/12/2021 7:51:43 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It was the media that misled on what Pence actually could do or not do. They made it sound as if he would overturn the election when that was not the case at all.


43 posted on 01/12/2021 7:52:07 PM PST by madison10 (Trump's greatest accomplishment is getting all the cockroaches to come into the light.)
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To: AnthonySoprano


Find a Video of Mike Pence saying the name “Hunter Biden”

Through two Campaigns and an Impeachment, surely you provide us with Evidence of Mike Pence pointing out the Biden Foreign Family Cash Machine.


44 posted on 01/12/2021 7:52:31 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘)
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To: joshua c

Thank you for setting uneducated freeps straight


45 posted on 01/12/2021 7:52:48 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
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To: springwater13

I agree. When Congress passed that law, they meant only to use the federal statute to create a clerical position for the vice president, who otherwise doesn’t do much except for state funerals. They knew the vice president was the best person to tabulate votes. So, whatever counting problems were meant to be fixed, Congress knew this would do it.


46 posted on 01/12/2021 7:53:28 PM PST by LachlanMinnesota
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To: OldGoatCPO

Yup


47 posted on 01/12/2021 7:53:33 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
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To: blackberry1

Let’s get real, Pence is a Corrupt politician


48 posted on 01/12/2021 7:53:42 PM PST by Osagegirl
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To: SeekAndFind
They are asking Pence to SERIOUSLY CONSIDER the petition of the state legislatures...

I'm not aware of any petitions from any state legislatures.

There wer a few letters from a minority of state legislators but nothing with any official weight that Pence could have even considered.

49 posted on 01/12/2021 7:54:04 PM PST by semimojo
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To: LachlanMinnesota

He may not have been able to stop it, but he could have resigned so his name wasnt on it.


50 posted on 01/12/2021 7:54:43 PM PST by orionrising
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To: DesertRhino

Thank you for straightening out freeprs who STILL JUST DONT GET IT.


51 posted on 01/12/2021 7:55:05 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
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To: AFB-XYZ
I can relate to that.....(I'd be happy even to have the Religious threads bashing again, at least there was real debates and conversations.) All this other is one liner posts....little actual conversation, rather knee jerk reactions....often preceded by unconfirmed news bites from weird off brands nobody can check..
52 posted on 01/12/2021 7:55:45 PM PST by caww (Our God Reigns.....)
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To: Osagegirl


Absolutely!

And his brother is a Politician, too.

His daughter tweeted - Congratulations to Joe Biden!


53 posted on 01/12/2021 7:56:44 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘)
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To: SeekAndFind

Thank you...are we now filled with ignorant freeprs or are they trolls


54 posted on 01/12/2021 7:57:00 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
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To: theoilpainter

Can’t imagine anyone wanting to run for the presidency with a dishonest media run by political operatives posing as journalists.

Washington is corrupt....the media is more corrupt.


55 posted on 01/12/2021 7:59:19 PM PST by blackberry1
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To: orionrising

True. Not expecting that from anyone now days.


56 posted on 01/12/2021 7:59:24 PM PST by LachlanMinnesota
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To: FreeReign

OMG...ha, another educated freepr! Thanks for your post.

Are there rhinos infiltrating freepr??? Ha


57 posted on 01/12/2021 8:00:00 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
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To: Bellagio
Returns from three states (Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina) were in dispute, with both sides claiming victory.

There's the difference. Those three states had no certified electors recognized by the US because of competing claims of legitimacy within the state governments.

There were no disputed states this election. Every state presented a slate of certified electors.

58 posted on 01/12/2021 8:01:36 PM PST by semimojo
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The same people here defended James Comey, Rosenstein, Sessions, Huber, Wray, and Durham.

Same people were loyal to Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio.

Didn’t want to fight during Impeachment, didn’t want to fight after, and now want the same tired servile DC imps to lead.


59 posted on 01/12/2021 8:01:38 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘)
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To: dfwgator

Trump may have inadvertently done more for the nation by losing


60 posted on 01/12/2021 8:02:26 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
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