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I was feeling stressed out about the next 40 days of presidential transition with all of these toothless shenanigans Republicans are pulling.
Listening to @RepRaskin on @maddow last night was helpful.
Here's what I think we should expect next:
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Listening to @RepRaskin on @maddow last night was helpful.
Here's what I think we should expect next:
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The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a case the other day seeking to overturn election results in PA. The case being brought right now from Texas versus PA, MI, WI, and GA is toothless and farcical and will likely be rejected in the same fashion.
Then, on Monday, 12/14, Electors cast their votes, based on the election certification (or certification*s*) of each state.
Biden should receive 306 Electoral College votes. Trump should receive 232 assuming no faithless Electors.
We're done here right? Not yet.
Biden should receive 306 Electoral College votes. Trump should receive 232 assuming no faithless Electors.
We're done here right? Not yet.
Per @RepRaskin, a former constitutional law professor at American University's Washington College of Law, on Jan 6, Congress meets in a joint session (House and Senate) to *receive* the Electors' votes.
The Senate President (Mike Pence) presides over it.
The Senate President (Mike Pence) presides over it.
Here's where we should expect congressional Republicans to pull their next stunt where they object to the counting of the Electors from PA, MI, WI, and GA, based on fake fraud claims and whatever other drivel they read in their Stop the Steal Facebook groups.
If that happens, per the Electoral Count Act of 1887, the House and Senate go separately to their chambers to consider the basis of the objections to receiving the Electors' votes.
The House will likely agree to reject the objections (ie. accept the Electors' votes)
The House will likely agree to reject the objections (ie. accept the Electors' votes)
But based on Impeachment, the silence of Senators since the election on Biden's clear, obvious, and legal win, and their refusal to even call him President-Elect, I think we should expect the Senate to reject those Electors' votes.
Sounds scary, right? It does.
It gets better.
Sounds scary, right? It does.
It gets better.
Then it goes to the certificate of ascertainment from the governor of the four states, essentially falling back to the certification they've already done (sometimes multiple times, like in Georgia).
The governors in each state are:
PA: Tom Wolf (D)
WI: Tony Evers (D)
MI: Gretchen Whitmer (D)
GA: Brian Kemp (R)
PA: Tom Wolf (D)
WI: Tony Evers (D)
MI: Gretchen Whitmer (D)
GA: Brian Kemp (R)
So what have they said in the recent past about the elections in their states and how should we think they'll act re: their respective Electors?
Here's PA's Tom Wolf: https://twitter.com/GovernorTomWolf/status/1334293085887598592
WI's Tony Evers: https://twitter.com/nbc15_madison/status/1333977720439648256?s=20
From MI's Secretary of State, who oversees the election in the state, acting with Governor Whitmer: https://twitter.com/JocelynBenson/status/1331282361137442816?s=20
And Republican Brian Kemp: https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1336453003520471041
Four governors who don't really seem like they're interested in being party to throwing out millions of votes and
disenfranchising the will of the people.
This whole charade, while very likely to fail, is incredibly bad for democracy.
At least we'll get Biden in and Trump out
disenfranchising the will of the people.
This whole charade, while very likely to fail, is incredibly bad for democracy.
At least we'll get Biden in and Trump out
Thanks for reading.
