I think what you say makes sense. 50 individual state election officials had certified their election results. They certified their results through the laws and procedures of their states.
Even if Pence had sent votes back to the states, having rejected their electoral votes, the states may well have reconfirmed that these electoral votes are indeed the correct authorized electoral votes. Then we would have been back to square one.
And there is no mechanism for a “do-over” in the Constitution. There is no new date for the Electors to meet and vote. Congress could reject them, but they could not be recast. If enough got rejected that neither candidate got a majority of Electors, then the election would go to the House.
Those comments are not originally mine that were bracketed - I linked back to the original poster.
But the fact is that Pence could either be the greatest man to ever be VP, or the worst to ever be VP - that doesn’t change the reality the VP has no such power - you cannot find in the Constitution, you cannot find it in the statutes governing the counting process, and you cannot find it in the Congressional rules. It does not exist. He presides over the proceedings to count them, can rule on motions made, but his rulings can be overruled by procedure as the presiding officer...
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If you believe him that he loves God, is honest, and just wants to do the right thing, then you can’t explain his comments in the hours before the March when he was hyping the MAGA crowds and driving people to make the trip.
Jan 4th: He’s cunning and conniving. He had made the decision already because he filed motions to oppose already.
Jan 6th: He’s honest and following God. He’s a constitutional scholar and proud of his decision, says Mike.
One would think he had God on Jan 4th and understood the constitution which he maintains is crystal clear.
No, it would have gone into the historical record that Biden's election is tainted with corruption. The news liars would have been forced to go into hysterical shrieking about "HOW DARE THEY QUESTION BIDEN'S LEGITIMACY?"
The nation would have seen the election as corrupt, and *THIS* would have been better for the nation. Everything that would have helped undermine this corrupt pervert would have been reinforced by denying him confirmation.
And maybe we could have had a real investigation and debate on National television about how the corrupt piece of sh*t could shatter all records for a Presidential election, while not being able to get 25 people to show up at one of his rallies.
Pence did the absolute worst thing he could have done. He gave the air of legitimacy to a corrupt piece of shit who is now destroying us and destroying the world.