The public counting of votes in the presence of all Senators and all Representatives is meant to prevent after-the-fact complaints that the counters cheated
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And yet, just the opposite occurred. And Mike Pence cooperated in the overthrow of the United States of America.
“The opposite occurred”
No, it didn’t.
There were 535 votes submitted by the States. There were no competing electors - not a single one. And no State Legislature requested Congress to disregard their certified Electors.
The Republican Legislatures of Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Georgia had SIXTY-THREE DAYS in which they could have acted to renounce or opposed the certification of their State’s Biden-Harris electors, and they did not do so.
The votes to be counted were the 535 votes delivered to the President of the Senate to open (not to count), and there were no others.