Congress convenes to confirm Biden while Trump allies object

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BREAKING: Vice President Mike Pence defies President Trump, says he can't claim “unilateral authority” to reject electoral votes that will make Joe Biden president.

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It’s not the first time lawmakers have challenged results. Democrats did in 2017 and 2005. But the intensity of Trump’s challenge is like nothing in modern times, and an outpouring of current and elected GOP officials warn the showdown is sowing distrust in government and eroding Americans’ faith in democracy.

Still, more than a dozen Republican senators led by Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas, along with as many as 100 House Republicans, are pressing ahead to raise objections to individual states’ reports of Biden’s wins. Arizona will likely be the first to be disputed as the state tallies are announced in alphabetical order. Cruz has said he will join House Republicans in objecting to that state, even as he acknowledged the effort will not have the votes to succeed.Hawley has said he will object to the election results from Pennsylvania, almost ensuring a second two-hour debate despite resistance from the state’s Republican senator, Pat Toomey, who said the tally of Biden’s win is accurate.

Democrats have the majority in the House, while the Republican-led Senate is divided over the issue. Bipartisan majorities in both chambers are expected to soundly reject the objections. Many of the Republicans challenging the results said they are trying to give voice to voters back home who don’t trust the outcome of the election and want to see the lawmakers fighting for Trump.

 

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Every maskless face needs to be identified. Those people stormed the FEDERAL capitol building, putting every person there in a state of fear & panic. It was an attack on everyone there to do their elected duty, & charges need to be pressed against every identified trespasser.

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No shit Sherlock

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Maybe we have underestimated “Mother.” Can’t imagine Pence coming up with this himself.

He knows there is nothing he can do despite what lil’ dictator donnie says. I’ll give tRump 4 hours before he starts bad mouthing Pence. I’m no Pence fan but his letter was well thought out and exceptionally well written. I give him credit for not just doing what tRump asked.

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