Posted on 12/14/2020 12:21:31 PM PST by Enlightened1
Time for U.S. Marshals.
The area around the building would be part of the capitol property. Wouldn’t that count, legally?
In a statement released hours before Electoral Voters cast the state's 16 votes for the Presidency, Chatfield says having state lawmakers decide the outcome "unpresidented."
"I can't fathom risking our norms, traditions and institutions to pass a resolution retroactively changing the electors for Trump, simply because some think there may have been enough widespread fraud to give him the win," said Chatfield.
Michigan's Electoral Voters are scheduled to cast their ballots at 2 p.m. Watch it live here.
Read the full statement by Speaker Chatfield below.
“I was raised to respect our system of government and appreciate God for the blessings He’s given us in this country. Our republic has lasted because of a deeply held belief in our norms and institutions and adherence to our Constitution. Because I love my country, I now teach those same values and lessons to my children.
“I worked hard to get President Trump reelected this year. I did everything I could. He has done an incredible job for our nation. He put our country first and accomplished more than many other presidents have before him. I was all in, and I will be forever thankful for all he has done to make America great again.
“President Trump also had every right to pursue his options and try every legal step available to contest this election. The race for the presidency is not something you take lightly. In Michigan, after reports of fraud, we as the Legislature began our investigations. We wasted no time. We issued subpoenas. We sent record retention letters to clerks. We had hearings. We brought in President Trump’s legal team. Even Dominion is coming in this week. We’ve diligently examined these reports of fraud to the best of our ability.
“There were irregularities with this recent election that need more attention. That is why the Legislature, which is the voice of the people, is still looking into those allegations and giving the people their right to speak and be heard at the state Capitol. Our investigation and hearings will continue. Every single instance of fraud should be uncovered and corrected. Some of the things that occurred in places like Wayne and Antrim County cannot be allowed to happen again if we are to uphold the confidence and integrity of our election system. Election reform will be needed next year.
“If there’s fraud, it needs to be found. Anyone who broke our laws need to be prosecuted. Election integrity makes our country unique. The people of America, whether they win or lose, have peace of mind knowing that the people spoke, the law was followed and that our institutions carry on in accordance with our Constitution. If there’s fraud, we punish it. If there’s not, we move on.
“This has also led to a national conversation over the Legislature’s role in choosing the electors. I’m a states’ rights guy, so I’m happy to have this conversation. But the Legislature in Michigan chose decades ago to award our electors to the winner of the popular vote. Although many reasonably believe otherwise, I personally believe that the Legislature could pass a resolution changing the manner in which electors are appointed, but the Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that once created, the right to a popular vote for President becomes fundamental, and the exercise of a fundamental right can’t be infringed retroactively for due process reasons. Maybe they were right. Maybe they were wrong. But that was the Court’s decision. And it still stands today.
“Again - I fought hard for President Trump. Nobody wanted him to win more than me. I think he's done an incredible job. But I love our republic, too. I can't fathom risking our norms, traditions and institutions to pass a resolution retroactively changing the electors for Trump, simply because some think there may have been enough widespread fraud to give him the win. That's unprecedented for good reason. And that’s why there is not enough support in the House to cast a new slate of electors. I fear we'd lose our country forever. This truly would bring mutually assured destruction for every future election in regards to the Electoral College. And I can't stand for that. I won’t.
“I know this isn’t the outcome some want. It isn’t what I want, either. But we have a republic if we can keep it. And I intend to.”
Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield (R)
In other news... State investigators are looking for Lee Chatfields spine.
Strange, I was taught that as a good American you followed the US Constitution, not the Communist Manifesto.
Don’t forget, each of them has a local office somewhere
Police aren’t military. Their allegiance is with those who vest them with their authority... the citizenry and the state constitution. The Governor can only give reasonable and proper orders. If the governor betrays the oath of office by usurpation and subversive acts, then the governor forfeits the office and no longer represents it. It’s called ‘Deprivation Of Rights Under Color Of Law.’
Police are public servants, and if they act under color of law, willfully violate their oath of service; violate the protected rights & liberties of a private citizen they cease to be in service of those that employ them. They sure-as-sh$t should be sued privately, and publicly as well as jailed for abuse of service and criminal acts.
Public servants, especially policemen, are held to a Higher Standard.
His purported “Oath or Affirmation” being perjured from the beginning, Obama’s every subsequent act in the usurped “Office of President” will be a criminal offense under Title 18, United States Code, Section 242, which provides that:
[w]hoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States , shall be fined , or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined , or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
We are getting there The Democrats are playing a game of chicken with the entire country, and are going to crash no matter what happens.
This is what the Rats do.
So how best to handle a Rat infestation?
Will someone please try and tell me again why President Trump should not declare martial law?
They were enforcing Covid 19 restrictions, or at least that is what was said.
Maybe there is a tennis court nearby.
But we all know how that ended. Don’t think the head honchos would like it too much. They might lose their heads.
Camp outside their office. I have covid right now. It’s no big deal. I’ve been sicker with a cold.
Camp outside their office. I have covid right now. It’s no big deal. I’ve been sicker with a cold.
Governor Gretchen Whitmere needs to be arrested and escorted out of the governor mansion straight to jail by the state police.
Sedition? Governor acting outside the law/state Constitution or something?
If I’m not mistaken, the republican legislators can meet later and select their electors. It doesn’t have to be done today.
I’m confused
This is freakin insane! These democrats are guilty AF.
The 12th Amendment says nothing about preventing official electors from voting.
Excerpted from the 12th Amendment: “The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President [emphasis added], one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice- President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; […]"
Conservatives are too busy working and caring for their families to riot.
I dearly wish it were otherwise, I voted and phone-banked for Trump here in CT )as blue as it sadly is), but, that’s not how it works.
Absent a favorable court ruling or action by a governor in a contested state, no state is actually sending “a contested slate of electors”. This alternate slate vote is a ceremonial protest.
> straight to jail by the state police.
The MSP are the ones preventing access. They have chosen their side.
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