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.
RE: No they were asking him to adhere to the rules set forth by the constitution. He did not. He knew the electors from the Six states were not legal as they were sent up by the governors and NOT their legislatures as required by the constitution.
I agree with you. That’s why the premise of the title of this thread is WRONG. The author is assuming that we are demanding that Pence GIVE the presidency to Trump when all we’re demanding is that he adhere to the constitution and be just and fair.
This entire thread including the vanity at the top, and the comments, are all nonsensical ravings. It’s getting weird....
He’s weak.
Couldn’t even whip that commie ho in the vp debate.
And still haven’t heard him give a public apology for his role in screwing Flynn over.
Imagine Tim Kaine doing this to Hillary!
Joe Biden doing this to Barack Obama!
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Precisely! They didn’t have the power to challenge anything.
It’s why the founders determined that the states would decide, thru the Electoral Process exactly how the President was chosen. The second in command could never determine who the King was going to be.
Did not some state legislatures put forward an alternate set of electors?
If so, he should have demanded states settle this issue first.
Trump for four years surrounded himself with total sh*tbirds for advisors and a pathetic little man in VP.
“They are asking Pence to SERIOUSLY CONSIDER the petition of the state legislatures who wrote to him to express their doubts about the accuracy of their results and the legality of choosing their electors.”
No state legislature did such a thing. A few members of various state legislatures did.
The pickings were slim, it was always going to be Trump’s achilles heel.
He may not have been able to stop it, but he could have resigned so his name wasnt on it.
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Pence would not even have had to resign. He could have stepped aside and let the Senate pro tempore leader, Chuck Grassley, do his dirty work.
No, Pence WANTED to stab Trump in the back. And now that Pence is attending the Biden inauguration? He’s twisting that knife in the back.
What a conniving bastard.
But they would have to review what Pence sent back and then not only highlight the fraud but also go on public record to support the fraud very different then just not sending a letter duh
“So we are to go back to believing Pence is a really nice guy so lets vote for him in 2024?”
Not no but he11 no .... never.
I wonder if the safety of his kids in the military were a source of his selling out.
Pence is the Deep State’s insurance program. That’s why he threw Flynn under the bus. It’s why he was silent the first time they talked 25th amendment removal. It’s why Pence never got around to explaining that he had been dealing with the Ukraine minister directly, off record, when the Deep State was going after President Trump for an on-record phone call.
Let’s get real - the goal is to pull down President Trump and put a compliant, deep state stooge like Pence in as President.
All I care about is winning.
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Yes!
The Hill and the Senate - and former members are thick as thieves.
Pence was approached long ago. They knew they had him in their back pocket.
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Feeding the alligators someone else in the hopes it eats you last.
“He knew the electors from the Six states were not legal as they were sent up by the governors and NOT their legislatures as required by the constitution.”
In 2016, the electors of Michigan voted for PDJT but by your definition, they would have illegal as as they were sent up by the governor and not the state legislature as required by the Constitution.
How? The f***ing media bastards control almost all access to the public. The places where it would be heard by the public were under the control of his enemies.
I agree. He was a weak link.
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