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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTurtle man IS going to support legislation that would make it harder to overturn a certified
Presidential election.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday he would support legislation that would make it harder to overturn a certified presidential election, an endorsement that will bolster its chances for passage in his chamber and puts him at sharp odds with former President Donald Trump, who has called on GOP senators to sink the plan.
McConnell said the chaos of the pro-Trump attack on the Capitol last year certainly underscored the need for an update.
I strongly support the modest changes that our colleagues in the working group have fleshed out after literally months of detailed discussions, McConnell said. Ill proudly support the legislation, provided that nothing more than technical changes are made to its current form.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/27/politics/electoral-count-act-mitch-mcconnell/index.html
Dorian Gray
(13,705 posts)which is making him do the right thing here.
a kennedy
(31,813 posts)demosincebirth
(12,732 posts)demosincebirth
(12,732 posts)Walleye
(34,843 posts)Pinback
(12,799 posts)Shermann
(8,528 posts)For realsies.
It has been demonstrated for the world to see that the biggest threat to our election integrity is from an inside job.
rurallib
(63,094 posts)After Moore v. Harper (the independent legislature case) from North Carolina that the SCOTUS will rule on this year - SCOTUS will rule that the state legislatures will have the power to choose the electors in their state even if the slate of electors does not match with the vote in that state.
Thus McConnell anticipates battles over slates of electors and this bill would stop that.
Just my speculation.