Posted on 12/23/2022 5:23:29 PM PST by SoConPubbie
45th President Donald Trump says the proposed “Electoral Count Reform Act” proves that he and other constitutional lawyers were correct in their legal opinion regarding the Vice President’s role in certifying presidential elections.
According to constitutional attorneys, whose analysis of the Electoral Count Act of 1887 was pointed to by the former president in the aftermath of the controversial 2020 Presidential Election, the Vice President has the authority to reject a state’s slate of electoral votes in the event that voter fraud, or other election-related discrepancies delegitimize the election results.
In such an event, according to the legal opinion, the Vice President is obligated on December 23 to instruct these states to “fix” their election problems and take specific measures to ensure the validity of the results before sending their slate of electoral votes to Congress to be certified on January 6.
WATCH: Mike Pence sends letter to Congress ahead of joint session.
“It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not.” pic.twitter.com/VcBszZwAvC
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) January 6, 2021
If no action is taken on December 23 to ensure election integrity, constitutional attorneys have stated, the Vice President would then be required to disregard electors from affected states during the January 6 joint session of Congress — potentially triggering a contingent election should neither candidate receive the required 270 electoral votes.
Critics of the theory have claimed that the constitutional interpretation would seemingly give the Vice President unilateral authority to determine the outcome of a presidential election — a power that the official does not actually possess.
Amid the former President’s claims that the November 2020 election was rife with widespread voter fraud, corruption, and other election discrepancies that affected the outcome of the race in several swing states, pressure was put on former Vice President Mike Pence to send a demand letter to Secretaries of the contested states on December 23 requiring that they address purported evidence of election fraud.
Pence ultimately never acted on December 23, and subsequently rejected any notion that he had the power to reject fraudulent slates of electors on January 6. Members of both Houses concurred with the Vice President, and officially certified Brain-Dead Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election — much to the dismay of President Trump and his supporters.
“TRUMP IS WRONG”: Former VP Mike Pence forcefully rejected notions that he should have overturned presidential election results on January 6, 2021.
“I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American people, and the American people alone.” pic.twitter.com/LmjCYZIsA3
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) February 4, 2022
Despite permanent Washington’s fervent claims that the Vice President has no such authority to ensure the integrity of a presidential election or reject fraudulent slates of electoral votes, a bipartisan group of senators in July proposed legislation to reform 1887 law to “clarify” it’s “ambiguous” language regarding the Vice President’s role.
According to President Trump, Washington’s move to change the law is proof that he and other constitutional experts were correct in their analysis.
“I don’t care whether they change The Electoral Count Act or not, probably better to leave it the way it is so that it can be adjusted in case of Fraud, but what I don’t like are the lies and ‘disinformation,’ put out by the Democrats and RINOS,” the former president wrote in a series of Truth Social posts on Tuesday.
Trump White House Archived / Flickr
“They said the Vice President has ‘absolutely no choice,’ it was carved in ‘steel,’ but if he has no choice, why are they changing the law saying he has no choice?” he added.
“Simply put, it is because the Vice President did have a choice, and looking back at it now, the 2020 Voting Fraud was far greater than anyone thought possible, with even our Government, through the disgraced FBI, changing the results of the Election by millions and millions of votes,” President Trump said.
Upon learning that Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) recently announced his support for the Electoral Count Reform Act, President Trump stated, “In other words, John Eastman and others were correct in stating that the Vice President of the United States had the right to do what should have been done.”
President Trump added that if his critics were truly correct in claiming that the Vice President had no such authority, they wouldn’t be attempting to change the 1887 law.
“The only reason this change is being promulgated is to reform The Electoral Count Act so that the VP cannot do what they powerfully said he couldn’t do, but if it couldn’t be done, why are they making this law change? The whole thing is one big Scam!” Trump wrote.
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I will always call him Benedict Pence.
PS: No J6 shit show.
Footnote: Pence would have to be on Trump's side and have brass balls.
“When is Trump going to quit “Beating a Dead Horse”?”
That same dead horse will buck any and ALL serious contenders that stand in opposition to deepstate.
The deepstate has perfected the art of the steal. I for one am not content with a uniparty system.
Any serious opposition candidate will be destroyed as this one world order “dead horse” seeks to destroy America.
BTW, that dead horse just passed a 1.7 trillion dollar slush fund which rewards enemies of the Constitution and guarantees open borders for the U.S.
DJT was the last anti establishment President this country will ever see.
Elections are a JOKE!
What would have happened had he resigned?
Obviously, the Deep State is changing the constitution so that the President can no longer be fairly elected. In 2020, it was determined by the Executive Branch that Extensive Fraud undermined the results in swing states President Trump supposedly lost. There were only a few options: declare martial law, rely on the courts, or have Pence declare the electors invalid. Unfortunately, President Trump trusted Judas Pence.
Electors vote.
Please explain your post.
It’s too cryptic for my military mind.
Is that a nice term for traitor?
I’ve often wondered the same thing; if it was SO CLEAR, why are they changing the law ?
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You are not allowed to be a critical thinker..
Could have. Should have. Had a DUTY to...
FAILED.
A very good question.
It would have gummed up the gears.
It’s never happened before- so who knows what would have happened, but it wouldn’t have happened on Jan 6th.
Maybe some learned freepers will chime in.
Trump is right. If the electoral vote procedure didn’t allow for a process of contesting, as they have insisted, then why the need to modify it?
Imagine the riots if that had happened.
They were supposed to discuss the issues regarding the election. I think over 130 complaints were final that were to be discussed on January 6 instead, Pelosi McConnell, all of them conspired to throw chaos into the day without having the proper security in place. In fact, the Washington police let people in they were obviously instigators and activist from the FBI. This is a bunch of crap. Pence is a traitor.
President Pro Tempore of the Senate would likely have taken his place - Pat Leahy. So, the result would have been the same.
When is Trump going to quit “Beating a Dead Horse”?
When he becomes the dead horse.... jmo.
Extraordinary claims require Extraordinary proof, that never came.
Why so many ads in the excerpt here?
Amplifying the illegitimacy...
I didn’t say when he should have resigned, but- it might have been days before J6... or mere seconds before accepting the receipts.
Perhaps one way is tactically or maybe even strategically better than the other?
The sole purpose of the act is to make it crystal clear to morons and fascists that they cannot do what only morons and fascists thought they could do.
Then I will follow Trump into hell, and I want to THANK the FIB for unwittingly creating MILLIONS of lone wolves.
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