[ April 19, 2024 ]
“Congress has the absolute right to reject the submitted Electoral College votes of any state, which we believe has such a shoddy election system that you can’t trust the election results that those states are submitting to us, that they’re suspect……”
There has been so much evidence, testimony and statistical analysis as it relates to the integrity of the Presidential election, it would be the ultimate betrayal of our trust in American elections to shrug and surrender without so much as a shot fired.
The GOP better hop to it, or they’ll get routed like they did in ’18.
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2020 Election
Rep. Brooks: Congress Has ‘Absolute Right’ to Reject a State’s Electoral College Votes
By Jack Phillips and Jan Jekielek, The Epoch Times, November 18, 2020:
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) said that the final outcome of the presidential election may be decided according to the 12th Amendment and Article One and Article Two of the U.S. Constitution when Congress convenes in early January.
“The ultimate say over whether to accept or reject” Electoral College votes for any state “is not a court’s job,” he said. “It is Congress’s job under” the Constitution “coupled with federal statutes that govern this issue.”
“Congress has the absolute right to reject the submitted Electoral College votes of any state, which we believe has such a shoddy election system that you can’t trust the election results that those states are submitting to us, that they’re suspect,” Brooks told The Epoch Times this week. “And I’m not going to put my name in support of any state that employs an election system that I don’t have confidence in.”
Brooks noted that he doesn’t have confidence in the election results in several states, including Georgia and Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden is the projected winner by razor-thin margins. President Donald Trump’s campaign has filed lawsuits in several states, alleging irregularities, voter fraud, and violations of state election laws.
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cybersecurity division said this week that the Nov. 3 election was the “most secure” in history, while several states’ secretaries of state have said there isn’t enough evidence of voter fraud that would result in overturning the election. However, Federal Elections Commission Chairman Trey Trainor has said otherwise, claiming he believes “there is voter fraud” in several key states that went for Biden.
Brooks, perhaps in laying out a potential GOP strategy, said that “on January 6th at 1 p.m. Eastern time, the 50 states will report to Congress, the president [of the] Senate will preside over this meeting” and “will report to Congress what they contend are their Electoral College results in their state.”
“If a House member and a senator objects to the submission of Electoral College votes by any state, that immediately triggers a House floor vote and a Senate floor vote on whether to accept or reject those Electoral College votes submitted by that particular state,” the Alabama Republican said. “The amount of debate on the House and Senate floor is limited to two hours under federal law.”
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President John Quincy Adams in a 1818 portrait by Gilbert Stuart, 1858. (Public Domain)Brooks said Congress will then determine whether to reject certain electoral votes, thereby taking them “out of the mix.”
His reasoning for removing votes from certain states is because they’re “running a poor election system” and “a system so suspect that you can’t give credibility to the results that are being reported.”
Brooks said under the 12th Amendment, the House would then determine who the president will be, while the Senate will determine the vice president. In the House, he noted, it’s not a simple majority vote, but “it is a majority of the states who determine who the president … will be.”
“Based on the election results we just had, the GOP will control 26 states out of 50,” Brooks said. “That’s a majority, with a possible 27th” as one election hasn’t been called yet, he added.
“Presumably, the Republican nominee would be favored, because the GOP controls a majority of the state delegations in the House of Representatives.”
He noted that a similar situation unfolded nearly 200 years ago during the contingent election of 1824, which saw John Quincy Adams—who was the “second-place finisher”—elected president, since no candidate won a majority of the electoral vote.
Earlier this week, Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz predicted that Trump might attempt to settle the election in Congress.
“Let’s look at the big picture: The big picture now has shifted,” Dershowitz told Newsmax. “I do not believe that President Trump is now trying to get to 270 electoral votes. I think he thinks that’s out of the question.
“What he’s trying to do is to deny Joe Biden 270 votes, by challenging in Pennsylvania, Georgia, in Nevada, in Michigan, in Arizona.” Dershowitz added that not allowing Biden to reach 270 out of 538 votes would eventually force a vote by House state delegations, where Republicans have an advantage over Democrats. Currently, the GOP has a 26-23-1 state delegation majority in the House of Representatives.
“If he can keep the Biden count below 270, then the matter goes to the House of Representatives, where, of course, there is a Republican majority among the delegations of states, and you vote by state if it goes to the House,” Dershowitz said. “He’s trying to follow the playbook of three elections of the 19th century.”
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12 Comments
3 years ago
Do it and watch the democRATS begin blowing head gaskets…..
3 years ago
Do it and watch the democRATS begin blowing head gaskets…..
3 years ago
Either way, no matter WHO is ultimately “chosen,” the other side (myself included) will NEVER accept the so-called “loser.”
It is going to be impossible to restore confidence in American elections ever again.
We seem to be heading at breakneck speed towards anarchy and ultimately civil war.
THANK YOU LYING, SCHEMING, STINKING DEMOCRATS!
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3 years ago
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Tasmanian Devil
The only thing cringeworthy on your site is the website making ability.
3 years ago
Reply to
Mr. Mojo Risin'
I didn’t know that Pamela allowed libocrats on her site.
Welcome!
3 years ago
Either way, no matter WHO is ultimately “chosen,” the other side (myself included) will NEVER accept the so-called “loser.”
It is going to be impossible to restore confidence in American elections ever again.
We seem to be heading at breakneck speed towards anarchy and ultimately civil war.
THANK YOU LYING, SCHEMING, STINKING DEMOCRATS!
For the site that makes librals cringe, check out our politically incorrect banned videos, biting commentary, and great music at https://DooWopShop.org
3 years ago
3 years ago
CORRECTION needed here. The following statement is false:
“Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cybersecurity division said this week that the Nov. 3 election was the “most secure” in history”
The comment from DHS was in reference to FOREIGN influence, not domestic theft.
3 years ago
This is 1855 to 1960 all over again with the Democrats. Followed by 1861 known as the “Secession Year.” We all know what happened after that. When it was over a Democrat by the name of John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln a Republican President.
3 years ago
Gop hopping to it? all they’re good for is rolling over
3 years ago
Dimshits are members of the biggest criminal organization in the world, soros and friends in the NWO SOCIALIST MONARCHIST are at the bottom of this and they are only trying to steal the wealth of this country as they have many others. Time to hunt the NAZI and his friends down, I don’t know how he escaped the Nuremburg trials unless they thought he was too young. It was a really big mistake that needs to be rectified ASAP.
3 years ago
Martial Law invoked ….. then after the Insurrection Act is used to destroy the rioting anarchists , the Military Tribunals will begin , showing the massive fraud that was perpetrated on the American people and the Presidential Election with the help of China , with willing and traitorous Americans conspiring to rig the vote …..
