Posted on 12/15/2020 1:09:56 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Mitch McConnell signals that he will not back President Trump in his Republican-led Senate.
Despite ongoing discussion in Capitol Hill about the potential of several states being tossed out, leading to a contingent election, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has publicly shied away from President Donald Trump’s fight for election integrity and has instead appeared to align himself with Joe Biden.
In a video on the Senate floor, McConnell said “Americans voted in this year’s general election. Legal and Constitutional processes have continued to play out since then.”
“As of this morning, our country has officially a president-elect, and a vice-president elect,” said McConnell.
Glaringly, McConnell did not mention any of the ongoing election contests or lawsuits, or the several states that sent an alternate slate of Trump presidential electors to the Electoral College.
Instead, McConnell praised the “processes” in the American “system of government” for working correctly, even as widespread outrage over Dominion Voting Systems voting machines continues and the Arizona Senate has announced subpoenas for Dominion Voting Systems machines.
“Our system of government has processes to determine who will be sworn in on January 20, the Electoral College has spoken.” McConnell added, “So today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.”
McConnell also congratulated Kamala Harris, who he noted would be the first female vice president.
If Pence and the McConnell-led Senate were disqualify enough votes for both candidates to fall below 270, the presidential election would fall into a contingent election, wherein the U.S. House would elect the next president based on a quorum of states. In other words, despite some states sending several Representatives to the U.S. House, each state would have one vote for the purposes of electing the next President.
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There is a better word, starts with T and ends with R, with a bunch of vowels in between
McConnel is what you call a “fair weather” friend.
I burned mine when Boner rushed through a budget before the new conservative congress critters were sworn in. That morning through the web easy peasy. Not that it matters where I live in any case.
You know Turtle Mitch is part of the Swamp.
Ping
The wife has feel CCP connections. Chai
She’s Taiwanese
I did think about that. Let’s see how it plays out.
My thoughts as well.
Enjoy the show.
How does it give him wiggle room?
“Our system of government has processes to determine who will be sworn in on January 20”
He didn’t mention January 6.
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