“If Pence had tried to do this, both he and Trump would have gone down in flames.”
I totally believe that if our Constitution gives the power of certification of election results to the VP, then the power to NOT certify is also implied, meaning that pence could have sent the disputed electors back to the states where there was evidence of gross election misconduct being presented.
However, I do believe that if pence had done that, the country would have exploded with Antifa/blacblock/etc agitators burning and looting major cities.
Remember when buildings were boarded up prior to election night? Why was that? Because if Trump had been declared winner (which he wasn’t although he did win the election) the agitators were ready to burn it all down. When Biteme Brandon was declared the “winner”, all of the agitators stood down.
If Trump had been declared the winner on 11/3/2020 (or early morning 11/4/2020). or if pence had delayed certification on J6 the country would have burned. I would bet my life on it.
The people who would have done so were very well funded and well organized. What horrible people to hold our country hostage.
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So when the Republicans had the House, the Senate, and the WH, Rubio was lying to urge more Investigations of Trump, and he propped up the FBi Coup.
And his Republican Senate didn’t issue a single Subpoena in four years to investigate Biden, Baby Biden, Brothers Biden, nor any other Democrat.
There can only be one conclusion - Rubio is still propping up members that serve the Democrats.
Thus, the statements to support Pence are designed to keep a soldier on the field to undermine Conservatives and push the Dem Agenda forward.
See Post #99, and please cite the exact provision of our Constitution that gives the VP any power to "certify" the election results.