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Donald Trump tries to pressure Republican Senator Rand Paul to challenge Electoral College votes in Congress
Daily Mail ^ | Dec 17 | By KATELYN CARALLE,

Posted on 12/18/2020 8:58:35 AM PST by RandFan

Donald Trump is putting pressure on Republican senator Rand Paul to join a few House Republicans in challenging electors' votes when Congress moves to certify the election for Joe Biden next month.

On Thursday morning, Trump reposted a tweet saying: 'Rand Paul states over TWO DOZEN states changed their elections laws without going through the legislatures.'

He also retweeted a sentiment from conservative radio personality and Fox News host Mark Levin claiming, 'Rand Paul is right on', along with an article from the Washington Examiner detailing the senator's comments during the Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday.

Paul is one of the senators a few House members, led by Alabama Representative Mo Brooks, have been courting to join them in officially launching a challenge to the Electoral College results in five swing states that went blue this year – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

The Kentucky senator said he doesn't have any plans yet to join in on challenging Electoral College votes.

'I haven't thought about it, or made any plans to do anything,' he told reporters on Capitol Hill Wednesday after previously not commenting on the matter.

When asked about McConnell urging during a party call Tuesday not to object in the January 6 joint session, Paul claimed: 'I wasn't part of that phone call.'

There are also reports that Senator-elect Tommy Tuberville, who will represent Alabama come the new year, has not yet ruled out objecting to the election results.

Senate Majority Whip John Thune of South Dakota said Thursday: 'I would hope he wouldn't do that. I think it's time, like I said before, to move on.'

The No. 2 ranking Republican said it's time to accept that the election is over. .

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; 2020election; fraud; randpaul; trumpknowsitsover
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Strange article... Trump tweets are "pressure"? He could pick up the phone and talk to Rand no problem as they're friendly...

I think the pressure on Rand will come from grassroots especially after his comments in committee!

1 posted on 12/18/2020 8:58:35 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Paul indicated a few days ago that he would challenge the electors for biden


2 posted on 12/18/2020 9:02:27 AM PST by DOC44
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To: RandFan

Where’s Ted?


3 posted on 12/18/2020 9:03:10 AM PST by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: RandFan

Why is crap from the Daily Mail allowed?


4 posted on 12/18/2020 9:03:35 AM PST by AFB-XYZ (Option 1 -- stand up. Option 2 -- bend over.)
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To: RandFan
'Rand Paul states over TWO DOZEN states changed their elections laws without going through the legislatures.

I actually see this as the Single Winning Issue regarding the Election that the Supreme Court has already ruled on. But it would take some courageous Legislatures to OVER RIDE the Certified Electors and Replace them with their own, which is their RIGHT under these circumstances to Exercise Their Plenary Authority to Control the Election and Replace the Electors if the Laws THEY ENACTED were Violated,and this has already been confirmed by the Courts.
5 posted on 12/18/2020 9:04:37 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: RandFan

Thune and McConnell need to be confronted and shamed by the other 51. This claptrap McConnell is spewing about how they would have to vote it down is BS. How about voting it up you worthless so and so?


6 posted on 12/18/2020 9:04:38 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: RandFan

Saw rand Paul being interviewed on OANN couple days ago regarding vote fraud etc. From what I heard him say, its business as usual and he has no plans to try and change anything involving this election....sometimes I wonder about that dude.


7 posted on 12/18/2020 9:05:59 AM PST by V_TWIN (Where's Hunter???)
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Don’t worry he is hearing from the grassroots. He may challenge if no one else does and is needed to.

I would not rule it out


8 posted on 12/18/2020 9:10:31 AM PST by RandFan ( )
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To: RandFan

FAKE MEDIA.
Praise does not equal pressure.
The media needs to take a hike down a honey bucket toilet.


9 posted on 12/18/2020 9:11:30 AM PST by doc maverick
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To: AFB-XYZ

Because sometimes you can get better reporting about our politics from the Brit press than from the US variety. But often they have their heads firmly implanted. Like now.


10 posted on 12/18/2020 9:13:03 AM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: pgyanke

Ted? Globalist Ted?

Seriously???

President Trump is the only one in DC that doesn’t belong to the club.


11 posted on 12/18/2020 9:13:31 AM PST by datura (If you have to cheat, you didn't’ win.)
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To: RandFan

Commentary from a local law enforcement official. I think he’s correct.

POTUS and associates have been hard at work for years now as laid out by “Cue” (or you might say the 17th letter in the alphabet).

Right now Trump is sitting on a stack of Trump cards or maybe an Uno Wild Draw 4 (more years) that he’s just waiting to lay down like a beautiful royal flush. He has court cases still pending that will go to the Supreme Court & thanks to the TX case, he now knows how to file it under article 3 not 2 so it will force them to hear it. He has the DNI report due today. Barr steps down on the 23rd (can now be a witness—he did his job). Durham is a special counsel (can prosecute in any state). He’s letting civil, criminal, federal courts fail to handle the situation properly so he can use military tribunals. He has the data (all of it) from NSA, the Kraken supercomputer, the Alice supercomputer, (& probably a couple others we haven’t heard about yet, too). He has the dueling electors from 7 states legislatures. He has VP Pence as final arbiter of which ballots to accept. He has the Insurrection Act, the NDAA, the national emergency, the 14th amendment, the 2018 executive order, the 2017 very first EO, the Patriot Act, the FISA warrants, the Declassification of everything, people swearing affidavits by the 1000s, the QR code scan guy who just needs access to some real ballots & he can detect if they are fake by looking for creases & printing items using his scanner technology, he has all the statistical data being analyzed, the videos, emails, phone calls, bank transfer statements showing the coordination of the coup, he has RICO, he has the crimes against humanity videos, Wikileaks just dropped a ton & Assange will be pardoned so he can talk about Seth Rich. Now that the governors and secretary of states certified & Biden accepted, they committed and knowingly agreed to treason. Solar Winds just raided & Dominion closing up shop. Same with politicians & media. He has the C_A servers used to change dominion machines, he will soon have access to the machines too. He baited them into staying in DC so they can be inaugurated, oops arrested. Biden hasn’t accepted any transition money nor has Kamala given up her seat. The military has infiltrated Antifa & BLM & he has the financials. He knows which politicians took Chinese & Soros money. He put in Miller & Watnick. He also just reduced dumb regulations. And wrote an EO in the military line of succession. He is defunding the C_A. He just replaced Kissinger & Allbright on the National Security Advisory Board with his loyalists. The military has been flying more planes over America. The Navy just parked huge fleets on both coasts. The 82nd is preparing for an operation (same group Flynn & Donoghue belonged to). Things are falling into place. He has it all. He is just laying out the case, building the narrative. He knows he won & they cheated. He gave them the chance to fix things. They chose not to. Now they all go down.


12 posted on 12/18/2020 9:16:31 AM PST by Lions Gate
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Paul indicated a few days ago that he would challenge the electors for biden

No, he indicated a few days ago that he believed the election was stolen. Admitting this and being willing to challenge the electors are two different things.

Don't be surprised when one action does not translate into the next.

13 posted on 12/18/2020 9:17:16 AM PST by Drew68
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To: RandFan

This is from the Daily Mail and is the usual pack of lies written by left wing loons.


14 posted on 12/18/2020 9:20:08 AM PST by Colo9250
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To: RandFan

Any senator who plans to challenge the Biden electors will play it close to the vest until early January.

They don’t want to tip their hand, and have they and their families harassed, threatened, etc.


15 posted on 12/18/2020 9:20:20 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Donald J. Trump.....one of the BEST presidents in American history!)
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To: Drew68

IF needed I’m sure Trump can count on Rand.

The news is the coach from AL will object.

Could be a smoke screen though.


16 posted on 12/18/2020 9:21:15 AM PST by RandFan ( )
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To: Drew68

IF needed I’m sure Trump can count on Rand.

The news is the coach from AL will object.

Could be a smoke screen though.


17 posted on 12/18/2020 9:21:15 AM PST by RandFan ( )
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To: AFB-XYZ

There is another person who posts this Daily Mail Fake news too. When I said that they are posting “fake News” they called me a lier. I guess some people are real gullible and think everything in “print” is true. They are usually democrats and often don’t even know it.


18 posted on 12/18/2020 9:21:42 AM PST by davidb56
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To: RandFan
Senate Majority Whip John Thune of South Dakota said Thursday: 'I would hope he wouldn't do that. I think it's time, like I said before, to move on.'

Hopefully the voters in South Dakota with "move on" the next time you're on the ballot, 'Senator'.

19 posted on 12/18/2020 9:27:15 AM PST by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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To: RandFan

Those in power who do not do everything they can to stop the steal will go down in history as cowardly traitors. I hope Rand does not disappoint. Mitch, Mitt, Jeb, et al have already sealed their historical fate.


20 posted on 12/18/2020 9:27:20 AM PST by HerrBlucher (On we sweep with threshing oar our only goal is another 4)
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