Go down in history as one who does a coup to protect a president who stole the election with a foreign adversary in 2016 and outright lost by double the votes in 2020?

I don’t think so.

Gothmog

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5. From Marc Elias

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Mon Dec 28, 2020, 02:24 PM

Dec 2020

Link to tweet

Blue Owl

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6. I've had it with you, Gohmert Pyle!

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Mon Dec 28, 2020, 02:43 PM

Dec 2020

Shell_Seas

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7. He's using a bill that's been on the books since 1887

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Mon Dec 28, 2020, 05:12 PM

Dec 2020

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/28/gohmert-suit-pence-overturn-trumps-defeat-451485

Gothmog

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8. Juanita Jean is amused

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 03:05 AM

Dec 2020

From Juanita Jean https://juanitajean.com/louie-19/

Oh Y’all, oh. oh. oh.

Louie has sued Vice President Mike Pence. In court. Where lawyers hang out. No kidding.

This is all about the Vice President’s ceremonial role on January 6th, consisting of having the Congress count states’ electoral votes and finalize Joe Biden as the winner of the election.

But the Republican lawsuit, which was filed against Pence in his official capacity as vice president, asks a federal judge in Texas to strike down the law as unconstitutional. The GOP plaintiffs go further: They ask the court to grant Pence the authority on Jan. 6 to effectively overturn Trump’s defeat in key battleground states.

Now, not even getting into the constitutionality of this, think about what happens next – if this is the new law, then one party has the power to overturn every election from now to eternity because they’ll just keep appointing themselves after the election.

But, if you want to get into the constitutionality, we can do that. I’m pretty sure that the constitution does not allow the vice president to overturn an election. Pretty damn sure.