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Well, Mitch McConnell seems to have thrown down the gauntlet against playing further games regarding the election. It is hard to imagine very many Repug Senators going against him...the last wall in Clownstick's BS game is falling down early...Close.
The last thing they will try is that when approving in the House of the election that it should not be a vote by individual congress person but by state. That is the last advantage they have and so they will try to use it.
Fortunately, that's not correct. If there's an objection by at least one House member and one Senator, then and only then, there will be a debate but for no more than 2 hours. Then both houses have to vote separately on whether to accept the votes or not. But it's a straight vote. Not by state. It only becomes a state by state vote if they are deciding who gets to be President, that is if the results of the E.C. are actually thrown out first. Then the house and only the house votes by state as to who should be President. But prior to that both the house and senate must agree to throw out the votes of the EC. And if by some chance they did do that, it would only go to the house if it was a tie in the electoral college. They could technically throw out enough votes to make Trump the winner. It would cause a riot if they did, but fortunately the dems control the house and it won't happen.
Today a Michigan Republican representative left the party. He became an independent. Wonder if more would buck the system to preserve the constitution.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gop-le...-republicans-to-not-protest-election-results/
One source said that on a call with Republican senators, McConnell, Senate Majority Whip John Thune and Senate Republican Conference Vice Chairman Senator Roy Blunt urged them not to object to the election results during the joint session. McConnell said it would be a "terrible vote" for the caucus because opposing an objection to the results would create the appearance of voting against President Trump, the source said.