Opinion | Republicans’ Fight Isn’t in Congress

By Dan Crenshaw Jan. 7, 2021 6:25 pm ET On Wednesday the Capitol of the most powerful nation the world has ever known was stormed by an angry mob. Americans surely never thought they’d see such a scene: members of Congress barricaded inside the House chamber, Capitol Police trampled, and four Americans dead. A woman was shot near the elevator I use every day to enter the House floor. It was a display not of patriotism but of frenzy and anarchy.

They sought to avoid the exact situation we saw on Jan. 6. Millions of Americans were falsely led to believe that the final say in the election of our next president lay with a single body, Congress. And so it was no surprise that thousands showed up to make their voices heard. But the belief that Congress has any say whatever in the “certification” of electoral votes has never been true.

The right of objection that members of Congress now invoke is derived from a misreading of the Electoral Count Act of 1887. It was passed in the wake of the disastrous presidential election of 1876, in which states certified competing slates of electors and sent both to Congress; a governor might send one slate and the legislature another. The 1887 law was meant to allow members of Congress to object to one of the competing slates of electors.

opinion DanCrenshawTX Fraud !!!

opinion DanCrenshawTX Elects or installs? Just sayin.

opinion DanCrenshawTX Any misunderstanding was spread and enabled by Republicans. Including Dan Crenshaw of TX.

opinion DanCrenshawTX The terrorists who challenged America misunderstood how planes work.

opinion DanCrenshawTX Whatever rest there was of my believe in election integrity was lost in November 2019, sorry. Nothing to do with Trump, it’s all due to censorship and cancellation of those asking valid questions, harassment of Trump’s legal council and witnesses, complete disinterest of MSM, etc

opinion DanCrenshawTX There is strong breadcrumb trail leading to Ted Cruz’s house. Never forget.

opinion DanCrenshawTX Love writing 7/8 of an op-ed in a reasonable tone in order to reveal it's really just a troll with the final 1/8

opinion DanCrenshawTX His constituency in our D-2 see him for what he is. Dan has been a syncophant lemming for 4 years. We need a real Republican in our District. Not a Trump MAGA Republican. Vote him out.

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