“Is that language of post-Jan 6 vintage?”
What I quoted is before.
In 2022 the “Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022” was passed. That act says clearly that the VP has no power to influence the vote counting.
Who do you think is most correct, Pence or Trump?
Pence at the federal level had the chance on Jan 6 to ignore the hysterics of Pelosi, Schumer and the Turtle and press the case against state-level POTUS electoral fraud.
Instead he went weak-kneed and is now licking the hands of his captors.