Posted on 07/21/2024 12:13:19 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he could foresee “legal hurdles” in some states if President Biden is replaced as the Democratic nominee.
He told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” that Democrats will have “real problems” if Mr. Biden is pushed to be replaced.
“I mean, every state has their own election system. That’s our constitutional system,” said Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican. “That’s the way it’s done. And in some of these states, it’s a real hurdle. They have a real problem of replacing the nominee on the top of the ticket.”
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How many (states) ballots is Briben NOT on?
Three for sure, Ohio being #1, their cutoff dates are already past.
The problem is they will have to reprint the 20 million ballots all ready to be mailed in for Biden.
"“I mean, every state has their own election system. That’s our constitutional system,” said Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican."
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
Mr. Johnson seems to be clueless (blatantly ignoring?) the following about state elections versus our constitutional system. The states, under the boots of corrupt political parties, have not been complying with constitutional rules for electoral votes and voter protections, evidenced by Article II, Section 1, Clause 2, the 12th Amendment and Section 2 of the 14th Amendment, which Pence and J6 Congress wrongly ignored in 2020 despite allegations of voting problems imo.
"Article II, Section 1, Clause 2: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector."
Excerpted from 12th Amendment (12A):
"The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, 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 [emphasis added];--The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;--The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; ..."
Excerpted from 14A:
Consider the zero tolerance "hair trigger" voting integrity protections of Section 2 of 14A.
"But when the right to vote at any election"
"is denied to any"
"or in any way abridged,"
"14th Amendment, Section 2: Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced [emphases added] in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State." [Apportionment of Representatives]
"Section 5: The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."
Note that regardless that neither the political parties or their state primaries are constitutionally defined, they are included in 2A by the catch-all "But when the right to vote at any election" wording imo.
So given that elite Democrats have now effectively thrown out ALL the primary votes of 2024 Biden supporters for long-ignored problems, today's action by desperate Democrats is arguably among the biggest violations (imo) of Section 2 that I've seen.
It was inevitable that goalposts-moving Democrats would violate the Constitution in a big way imo.
Since Congress has repeatedly proven that it is an enemy of the people imo, it is now up to Democratic and Republican Trump supporters to effectively "impeach and remove" ALL (exceptions?) state and federal lawmakers and executives in November. Patriots need to support hopeful Trump 47 with a new, Constitution-respecting Congress, new state lawmakers too, not only so that he will not be a lame duck president from the first day of his second term, but will support him to quickly finish draining the swamp.
“What do suggest he say or do?”
Acknowledge that pedo is illegitimate and stole the 2020 election and his VP is not eligible to succeed him.
Democrats in legal trouble. Yeah, right. Three years after the election they’ll be fined 10K.
“That’s our constitutional system”
Mr. Johnson. Were you not paying attention in 2020?
Thanks for this.
Pssst, he dropped out. End of discussion.
I don’t think that matters of his vp is the pick.
If he is going to open his mouth, he should know the facts. He’s shooting from the hip which can lead to egg on the face. Why didnt he have his staff research this issue
He was never the nominee so they wouldn’t be replacing him.
Don’t the delegates virtual vote in just a few days?
What would happen at a convention (republican or democrat) if the nominee didn’t accept the nomination?
I think you answered my question on #21, see my post #54.
I assume none, since he’s was not nominated.
I believe DeWine got the Ohio legislature to change their date to allow the presumed candidate Biden time to be nominated.
Johnson is not being weak about this. He’s simply throwing out an idea. He’s the Speaker of the US House, and has no power to do anything at the state level.
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Yep, Johnson is just another weak, equivocating Republican. The Dems pay no attention to him.
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