Posted on 12/31/2020 10:43:57 AM PST by Red Badger
Jason D. Meister, an Advisory Board Member for President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, published a series of tweets quoting an Epoch Times article about Vice President Mike Pence’s ability to toss the Electoral Votes from contested states with credible accusations of widespread voter fraud. This move would likely lead to a contingent election, which President Trump would handily win.
As National File has previously reported, Pence will soon face a rare Constitutional event as competing slates of electors are provided on January 6. Meister notes that “Pence will be faced with dueling electors for the six disputed swing states, a Biden slate from the governors, and a Trump slate from the lawmakers.”
This would leave President Trump with a thin majority of electoral votes, with 232 to Joe Biden’s 227.
As neither candidate would win the requisite 270 vote majority, a contingent election would be necessary to determine the next President, in accordance with the Constitution.
A contingent election would see the House of Representatives charged with voting for the next President, and the Senate with choosing the next Vice President.
However, in a contingent election, each state represented in the House of Representatives will only have one vote, thus rendering the advantages of high population states like California and New York moot.
The simple majority of states that have elected Republicans to the House of Representatives would likely hand President Trump a speedy victory.
However, as National File has repeatedly noted, this strategy’s potential depends entirely on whether Pence is willing to defend the Constitution, President Trump, and election integrity on January 6.
As noted by The Epoch Times, both The Amistad Project and a series of top state level Republicans and Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) have sued Pence to legally define his Constitutional role on January 6.
Pence has thus far remained almost entirely silent on this issue, however, the vice president recently cancelled his planned trip to Israel, scheduled for immediately after the January 6 electoral college challenge.
this is so embarrassingly stupid. The Vice President has no such power or authority.
I’m not going to comment on Pence.
I don’t know what’s in his mind.
Instead I will pray a lot before then.
Even if it were true I’m inclined to think “A whimper not a bang.”
The only thing Pence can do is entertain a challenge to the electoral college. So he will !ikely acknowledge Mo Brooks and Josh Hawley when they stand up. Thats about it.
l8r
Massive voter fraud is not legal either. But it happened. What is your remedy for correcting massive voter fraud.
You're a constitutional law attorney?
Once again opinions about the powers Pence does or doesn’t have is debatable. The Constitution thus far in this mess hasn’t pulled much weight as we have already seen.....it should but it’s not being given the authority is has.
“The simple majority of states that have elected Republicans to the House of Representatives would likely hand President Trump a speedy victory.”
Americans want and need this election to be decided in a speedy manner for President Trump on January 6th.
If there were genuine competing slates of Electors then this analysis wouldn’t be stupid. However, as it is, each state has submitted only a single slate of Electors. Unless that changes Pence’s authority appears to be quite limited.
You keep repeating a lie. You know it’s a lie. When two opposing groups of electors come before the Congress, who should Pence accept?
He must make a call. You can deny it all you want to but Pence has to decide.
If we are depending on pence, it’s over. We’re screwed.
Few realize that Pence is only 61 years old.
> The Vice President has no such power or authority. <
Right. And if for some reason he did, it would literally make him a king-maker. The VP could reject any ballots he simply didn’t like.
It’s the VP’s job to open the ballot envelopes, period. And if there are competing envelopes, he must open the one certified by that state’s certifying authority.
As I see it, our last hope is with the Supreme Court.
That’s where you’re wrong.
Kinda lookin' like we have only ONE box remaining...
1. Soap box
2. Ballot box
3. Ammo box
The guy who wrote the article isnt one either
He can reject or accept ballots, but Congress can later challenge his decision.
Congressional procedure says it takes both houses to agree to overrule the Vice President. So, if he accepts and is challenged, his acceptance will be sustained since the Democrats control the House.
But if he rejects and is challenged, his rejection might be sustained if the Republicans in the Senate do not vote to overrule him.
P.S. It’s your FKing Senator Mitch The Turd holding up our larger Stimulus Money. F Him.
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