Trump's most loyal subordinate will announce the US election results, but there could be one final twist

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The electoral college vote is over and most senior Republicans accept Joe Biden is president-elect. But it remains now for second-in-charge Mike Pence to ratify the results in Congress ... unless there is one final, unlikely twist.

After each state's results are announced, members have the opportunity to object.

Senator John Thune said any effort to try to overturn the result when Congress formally counts the votes on January 6 would get little support.Senator John Cornyn, another veteran Republican, said he thought any such effort "would be a bad mistake" soundly defeated in the 100-member chamber, currently controlled by his party.

 

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