January 6, 2020: Since October 2019, Democrats knew they may had to disrupt the joint session of Congress. Read on!
THE COUNT
A practical guide to defending the Constitution in a contested 2020 election
by Zack Malitz, Brandon Evans, and Becky Bond
October 15, 2020
JANUARY 6, 2020: CONGRESS AND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE COUNT
"It’s the 117th Congress, not the current Congress, which meets on January 6 in a joint session held in the House chamber to count the Electoral College votes and choose the next president. The current vice president – Mike Pence – presides over this joint session.
"The best case scenario is that the count in Congress is largely ceremonial, as it has been in presidential elections going back for over a century, and the candidate who legitimately won the election is awarded the most Electoral College votes.
"But we must prepare for other scenarios, including:
"A Republican state legislature sends a competing slate of electors to Congress, forcing Congress to choose between the Democratic governor’s slate of electors and the Republican legislature’s slate of electors – or to discard both of them
"A Republican governor in a state with a Republican legislature – for example, Florida – appoints a slate of Trump electors even though Biden won the state’s
"In any of the scenarios above, Mike Pence asserts that he alone has the authority to determine which candidate won the most Electoral College votes and asserts that he and Trump are the winners.
THE ELECTORAL COUNT ACT OF 1887
"After the contested 1876 election, Congress passed a law called the Electoral Count Act which was intended to create a clear process for resolving disputes over electors. Unfortunately, the law is famously vague, convoluted, and difficult to interpret.
"A law like the Electoral Count Act of 1887 can only settle a dispute over an electoral outcome if all parties agree to act in good faith, observe norms, and follow precedent. In a contested election, Republicans in Congress won’t give a thought to the valid interpretation of the law or norms of Congressional conduct.
"Democrats and their allies prefer to hold themselves above the political fray in situations like this, delegating the fight to their legal teams while making proclamations about letting the process work. If Democrats act like legal scholars while Republicans fight a guerilla war to make Trump the president at any cost, Democrats will risk losing a presidency despite winning the majority of electoral votes at the polls."
Read The Count, pages 31, 32, 33, and 34. See https://t.co/RpD3chIq5e
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But you know who else thought that? Charlie f-in’ Kirk.
He thought that we could talk it out. His whole model was based on polite debate and doing it in public so everybody could see it.
That didn't work. He got sh-t. So now we just need to destroy the entire Democrat Party. They haven't stopped calling [Trump] Hitler. They're blaming him for the shooting.
It didn't get better; it got worse.”