Posted on 02/05/2022 3:38:33 AM PST by RandFan
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday directly rebutted Donald Trump’s false claims that he somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former president was simply “wrong.”
In a speech to a gathering of the conservative Federalist Society in Florida, Pence addressed Trump’s intensifying efforts this week to advance the false narrative that, as vice president, he had the unilateral power to prevent President Joe Biden from taking office.
“President Trump is wrong,” Pence said. “I had no right to overturn the election.”
In a statement Tuesday, Trump said the committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol should instead probe “why Mike Pence did not send back the votes for recertification or approval.” And on Sunday, he blasted Pence, falsely declaring that “he could have overturned the Election!”
Vice presidents play only a ceremonial role in the the counting of Electoral College votes. Any attempt to interfere in the count would have represented an extraordinary violation of the law and an assault on the democratic process, sparking a Constitutional crisis.
Pence, in his remarks Friday to the group of lawyers in Lake Buena Vista, described Jan. 6, 2021 as “a dark day in the history of the United States Capitol” and framed his actions as in line with his duty as a constitutional conservative.
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Plenary powers exist between the states' legislatures and Congress to deal with election law and politics. That excludes the Executive and Judicial branches of government, by design. That's why the way to remove an elected officeholder is thru a quo warranto (by what authority) court action. The officeholder has to show the authority behind an action they took. The court setting allows evidence to be presented and a finding of fact. I can understand the Fed setting would allow the decision to be binding in all states. But elections are about politics, not law, so courts have no power of resolution. That is left to Congress.
If an election was held according to election law in the state at the time (and necessary referendum was done), then the election was lawful, and conferred the state's authority of the office to the officeholder. Winner - officeholder.
But Wait! The Referendum required by the State's Constitution was not held, even though passed by legislature and signed by governor? Winner - challenger,
and a thankful nation has its first UNLAWFUL 2020 election.
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
But Bidet & the democraps had the perfect right to stuff the ballot box with bogus votes, is that what you're saying panty pence?
If an election was held according to election law in the state
Many states illegal altered the law to fit the democrats agenda and people who didn’t have the authority to do so
It appears laws now are open to the highest bidder.
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