Posted on 01/06/2017 11:33:48 AM PST by Olog-hai
Congress certified Donald Trumps presidential victory Friday over the objections of a handful of House Democrats, with Vice President Joe Biden pronouncing, It is over.
House Democrats objected to the votes from at least 10 states, raising issues of voter suppression as well as American intelligence showing that Russia tried to sway the election in favor of Trump. In each case, their objections were denied because they didnt have the support of any senators. [ ]
As the votes were announced for state after state, Democratic members of the House stood up to object. But in each case, no Democratic senator would join them, and Biden cut them off.
There can be no debate, Biden said repeatedly.
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The “vaginas weep as they confront reality”
When People Laughed At The Idea Of Trump Actually Being Elected President!
Especially after vowing to be a thorn in Trump’s side following her announcement of running again in 2018.
With the current makeup of the Sinators of the current Sinate, it's not hard to imagine a Sinator here and there - a few come to mind - that *would* put the stamp of approval on a spurious 'Rat objection. Just another reason among the hundreds of others for repeal of the 17th. Sinators should have allegiance to the state legislatures that appoint them, whose representatives are popularly voted for... without the short-circuit put in place by the 17th.
Slow Joe did do a good job keeping things under control. Of course, his hands were tied procedurally. More importantly, he was well aware that every second during which he permitted those libtards to object was one less second he was going to be able to spend at Friday afternoon happy hour.
So the felon loses again :-)
I watched it all, too. Sheila Jackson Lee, Maxine Waters and I think the other one was Barbara Lee from CA. Found it a bit interesting that only Black women were protesting - FWIW. I was pleasantly surprised by Uncle Joe and how well he did keeping the count process on point.
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