if we had lost the House, the GOP would hand the presidency to trump right now

[TomDaisy]

we are a handful of House seats away from a stolen election, fascism, dictatorship and tyranny

[mr_lebowski]

1. I agree ... the GOP under Cult45 have been exposed as having not a patriotic bone in their bodies

They are the party of fascism, dictatorship, and tyranny, as you correctly said.

They would totally steal this thing, despite not having a SHRED of evidence to back their claims ... they'd make a naked power-grab and dare anyone to do something about it.

Guarantee it.

Mitt would be the only dissenter.

The only reason some of them are acting somewhat reasonable is because they know they can't win the challenge cause the House is ours. Those few are simply engaging in the political exercise of managing expectations, not standing up for the Constitution and our Democracy.

[jalan48]

2. So how do we stop this when it can actually happen?

[marie999]

6. With a new law that supersedes 3 U.S. Code 15 and only allows challenges that have proof.

[jalan48]

7. Thanks. Republican's have figured out how to game a system that requires a good faith effort by

the participants.

[uponit7771]

8. +1, cause the threat of sanctioning lawyers that bring stupid suites to court don't work at all

[Renew Deal]

3. I think it would be like the repeal and replace fight.

They were happy to vote for repeal until it mattered. Same here. They’re happy to pander to their supporters because it won’t change anything.

[Skittles]

4. CORRECT

and they're priming Trump voters right now to think this is ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR

[badboy67]

5. I think you are correct.

The GOP would go full Jim Jones in a heartbeat.

[Girard442]

19. The Republican Party HAS gone the full Jim Jones.

Fewer than a thousand people died at Jonestown.

[Freddie]

9. The 2018 midterms saved democracy

That’s a very frightening thought.

[Cha]

25. The Moderates Saved Democracy Flipping

forthyish ted seats BLUE! They Won on Health Care, Too.

[BlueJac]

10. True

[David__77]

11. I don't think the enough Republican senators who would support this.

That said, the point stands. Coups can be considered fair game, I suppose.

[treestar]

12. That would mean just saying fraud is all it takes

no proof needed.

Would the result be another election? In which case Biden voters would furiously turn out in droves. It would be enraging to the winner's voters, so it could cause chaos.

[TomDaisy]

14. exactly

[Iwasthere]

13. This is why he's so mad and not giving up

He believed 100% that it was in the bag for him. He was convinced his cheating worked. He's beyond baffled how Biden pulled it off.

[TomDaisy]

15. they cheated in many ways, including DeJoy, no drop boxes, long lines, etc.

[CaptainTruth]

16. True, & it seems like most folks don't realize this.

From what I understand of the process:

1 Senator & 1 Representative must object to a state's electoral votes.

The joint session of Congress adjourns & each chamber debates the objection separately.

Each chamber votes to accept the objection & throw out that state's electoral votes, or reject the objection & keep the state's electoral votes. It is a simple majority vote.

For the state's electoral votes to be thrown out, BOTH chambers (House & Senate) must vote to do it. If one chamber rejects the objection, the state's electoral votes are counted.


According to legal folks I've discussed this with it's been this way since 1788 & they say that yes, a losing party could use the process to take electoral votes away from the winning candidate & basically steal the election, & it would be Constitutional & legal.

[treestar]

24. The debate will be interesting

Since there is nothing to base the charge on. It'll be a lot of crap. And completely stupid.

[bottomofthehill]

17. Yep, even with a 7plus million vote pad, democracy would be dead here

[Thekaspervote]

18. But it didn't happen..can we please stop with the doom and gloom...please!

[StarfishSaver]

20. Thank you

[samsingh]

21. that is true. Letting the GOP win the presidency or both chambers would be the end of democracy

i hope our side understands that.

[wiggs]

23. Correct. Country came very close to even more tragic disaster. nt