He could have resigned his VP position on the spot. He could have threw his hands up in the air and said he would not be a part of the election FRAUD. NOTHING Constitutionally prevented him from doing so, and WHO in the USA cannot simply quit their job over their conscience?
Hint: I did- I was a whistle blower and union carpenter at a nuclear power plant, but got my fill and tapped out over safety violations and called my superior out, who then moved me elsewhere in the powerplant as if that remedied the safety violations. It was tough duty, but I would do it all over again. I dropped out of the union, but- to this day, I receive a pension that I earned fair and square.
Exactly.
He had options.
He chose to betray his oath and knowingly certify a known fraud.
He was privy to the same election fraud info the President Trump was.
And he instead chose to betray.
Nothing in the Constitution says one must certify a fraud, rather it is a crime.
His oath of office included the words “Protect Uphold and Defend the Constitution” and he didn’t just fail, he sent out a smug little memo saying that he was going to do it.
He looked at his options and went “yup, allowing the communist takeover is my only open route.”
I actually left the job and started my own business in direct competition with my former employer and took most of their business in my area after refusing relocation. I had a good business for twenty years or so until technology changes wiped out nearly all of the market for my services. By then my former employer had been swallowed up but after my first few years they actually had someone stop by to talk about the possibility of my becoming a dealer for them.
At this point the trajectory of the USA seems very similar to that of my old employer. The company had started in the 1890s and had been wildly successful for nearly a century until it went into a death spiral. This country is headed the same way and I am a terminal patient already six months past the end of the prognosis I was given in 2018 but it looks as if I may have already outlived the USA.