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.
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.
Give it a break
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.
Thank you for setting uneducated freeps straight
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.
Yup
Let’s get real, Pence is a Corrupt politician
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.
He may not have been able to stop it, but he could have resigned so his name wasnt on it.
Thank you for straightening out freeprs who STILL JUST DONT GET IT.
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Absolutely!
And his brother is a Politician, too.
His daughter tweeted - Congratulations to Joe Biden!
Thank you...are we now filled with ignorant freeprs or are they trolls
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.
True. Not expecting that from anyone now days.
OMG...ha, another educated freepr! Thanks for your post.
Are there rhinos infiltrating freepr??? Ha
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.
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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.
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Trump may have inadvertently done more for the nation by losing
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