Posted on 01/05/2017 3:27:12 PM PST by drewh
Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., indicated Thursday that he is exploring all possible procedures at his disposal to delay certification of the Electoral College results during a joint session of Congress on Friday.
Perlmutter hasn't committed to putting up a roadblock to finalizing the results, but his office confirmed that he is "reviewing certain laws and the U.S. Constitution as it pertains to efforts to undermine our electoral process."
The rules allow lawmakers to protest the counting of Electoral College votes, but because the votes are counted during a joint session of Congress, a senator would also have to protest the results to halt their certification.
Perlmutter was reacting to intelligence community officials' statements during hearings on Capitol Hill Thursday about Russia's meddling in the November elections. Intelligence officials say Russia was behind the hacking into Democratic emails last year in an attempt to sway the election.
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Enter your email Signup "It is clear Russia intervened in an attempt to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election," Perlmutter stated. "This action by a foreign nation was unprecedented, violated our Constitution and undermined the founding pillars of American liberty and democracy."
"This is not about trying to stop Donald Trump from becoming president," he insisted.
"This is about the fact that our liberty, freedom and democracy were compromised by Russia's intrusion into America's election," he continued. "We cannot allow a foreign nation to ever influence our elections because it harms our liberty, freedom and independence. This is bigger than just one election, and for the sake of our democracy, we must remain vigilant."
A report in Politico said Reps. Bobby Scott, D-Va., and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., are also considering challenges to the vote.
Objections from the trio of Democrats—or any of their colleagues—are being encouraged by a variety of good government groups and liberal activists who circulated a legal brief Thursday detailing how to object and claiming that a sizeable chunk of the Electoral College was not legally allowed to participate in voting that took place in statehouses Dec. 19.
Mayor of Midwest city announces campaign for DNC chairman Also from the Washington Examiner Mayor of Midwest city announces campaign for DNC chairman By Anna Giaritelli • 01/05/17 6:13 PM "We have reason to believe that there are at least 50 electoral votes that were not regularly given or not lawfully certified," the brief reads. "We are non-partisan — Democrat, Republican, and Independent. We live in different parts of the country, urban and rural, Red states and Blue states," the coalition stated.
Democrats lodged formal protests during certification of both the 2004 and 2000 Electoral College results.
If Congress threw out enough votes to put Trump below the 270-vote threshold, lawmakers would choose the president from three people who received the most Electoral College votes Dec. 19—Trump, Hillary Clinton and Colin Powell.
It is highly unlikely that the GOP-controlled Congress will deny Trump certification of any of his 304 Electoral College votes.
The threat of potential challenges may be inducement enough to keep Republican lawmakers who may have been inclined to skip the usually perfunctory session from leaving town early. A quorum of both chambers must be present to certify the results.
The Red States have a much higher per capita ownership of firearms. We also have long guns that can reach out and call long distance. Most of the Blue Staters do not own firearms. Normally just a pistol unless they are a deer hunter. Most the deer hunters are conservative anyway. The gang bangers in the hood have mostly pistols and would not stand a chance outside of the hood in a Red State.
We must never allow the House and Senate to flip back to the Dems. I myself will never vote for another Democrat no matter how ‘good’ they are because they vote as a bloc and that bloc has turned anti-American.
It is about making people think he is an illegitimate president.
Maybe you should call and tell him that. I agree, at this point it would be war and has been said before, we have the guns, the bullets and we know how to use them.
The media and the Demoncrats insinuating that The Donald is not legitimate? That’s not even worth a tweet.
The dimrats were perfectly willing to accept the rules until they lost. Now they are childishly demanding do-overs and having foot stomping tantrums.
It would be funny if it didn't expose the total lack of character some of our congresscritters have.
Rep. Ed Perlmutter, Democrat Thug Party, Colo.
“Kind of like not allowing our own Marxist, anti-Semitic president’s meddling in Israel’s election of Netanyahu?”
Or, the election of Trudeau in Canada.
This is what happens when you legalize pot.
Are there any straws left for them to clutch at? Maybe we should throw them a bale ... you know, just so they keeping making fools of themselves.
The talking point has been set in stone: “The Russians hacked the election.” Even though the worst they may have done is breach a candidate headquarters phished email account, and their involvement there is in question. No one has really challenged the meme, so I fear we are stuck with it for a while. I’d like to move on to the content of those emails, but that is the real story and must be obfuscated.
There has not been one shred of evidence that Russia hacked the election. Yet we have a mountain of evidence that Mexico did try to alter the election in favor of Hillary.
“Perlmutter was reacting to intelligence community officials’ statements during hearings on Capitol Hill Thursday about Russia’s meddling in the November elections. “
Alright, enough of this crap! Purlmutter sit down and STFU!! You lost! Elections have consequences, remember? The only positive thing coming from all this garbage is that we will remember in 2018, 2020 and beyond....
Cannot wait to see Biden preside over this ceremonial ritual tomorrow afternoon, starting at 1 ET on CSPAN!!!!!
Praying for a safe and glorious Inauguration Day!!!!!!
Which "Intelligence Officials"? Who are they? What are their names? What are the official reports they filed? And where are the reports?
Until all of these questions are answered with proper information the entire premise of Russian hacking is nonsense. And for a U.S. Representative to speculate about disrupting certification of the Electoral College's vote based on this nonsense is beyond idiocy!
The Lord loves a hangin'.
#TheNewPartyOfNo
#ObstructionistDemocrats
#UnAmericanActivities
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