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Do you really understand American history? Federal elections have been contested a great many times once it got to the Congress and Senate.This issue is different however in one very important respect. Even with all that political bickering in DC, in each and every case, the transfer of power has always been done peacefully and willingly, with respect for the constitution and the actual "will of the people"
The "will of the people" has spoken and the fat lady has sung, all the way through the court system.
You need to look into the laws because not only is what they are doing legal, it has been done before, and you might even say it is their duty to object when they feel that an election has not been conducted properly.Multiple senators are planning to object to certifying the 2020 presidential election
The various States have already certified all of their election results on a state by state basis. The Justice Department has weighed in and the courts have already tossed out the various frivolous lawsuits that were filed due to a lack of supporting evidence of wide spread voter fraud as alleged. No such evidence has been presented. The presenting of the electoral college results to Congress has always been a mere formality, particularly when the results are so heavily skewed in one candidate's favor.
Every congressman and senator swears an oath to uphold and protect our constitution and obey the laws of our Republic. Yet here we see Republican congressman and senators willing to essentially commit treason in an attempt to overthrow the lawfully elected new leader of this country. This isn't an issue related to a single state. It's an attempted federal takeover of all American civil liberties, including the right to elect our own leaders.
Trump lost this election. Not only did he lose the popular vote by over 7 million votes, he lost the electoral college vote too by a *wide* (as wide as the last one) margin. Even the results of a single state will not and do not change the electoral college results.
When Trump won the electoral college by the same margin, he called it a "massive landslide victory" even though he lost the popular vote then as well. Now however, Trump and his supporters are attempting to overthrow the results of the same legally certified "massive landslide victory", in spite of the fact that Biden won the various battleground states by a *much* wider margin than Trump did in the previous election!
IMO, we've now left the realm of Trump and the Republicans just being "poor sports" and "sore losers" and whiners, and we've entered the realm of blatant treason IMO. This kind of careless and reckless action by the Republicans threatens the very heart of our Republic, specifically the right to elect our own leaders!
Trump and his followers already had their chance in court to present their case and they *failed* and failed miserably. Not a single judge in our entire nation agree with any of the lawsuits. Failing to accept the results of the states is simply unacceptable, it's a breach of trust, a conflict of interest, and flat out treason IMO.
You need to look into the laws because not only is what they are doing legal, it has been done before, and you might even say it is their duty to object when they feel that an election has not been conducted properly.
the Dem's tried to do it in 2016 but didn't have the votes.
True - this is how it played out last time; I didn't realize that
‘It Is Over’: Democrats’ Efforts to Deny Trump Presidency Fail (Published 2017)
One by one, the Democratic lawmakers stepped to the microphone on Friday, holding on to their letters and an impossible dream: denying the presidency to Donald J. Trump, two weeks before his inauguration.
And one by one, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. — presiding over a joint session of Congress to validate the Electoral College results in Mr. Trump’s victory — turned back their challenges with a stoic message, pounding his gavel without hesitation.
“It is over,” Mr. Biden said at one point, as Republicans rose to their feet to cheer.
Though I don't recall Hillary calling for StopTheSteal protests in DC...
What I recall is a concession election night when she realized that DT had gathered more electoral college votes than her.
The video recap of the proceedings is interesting; I hope Mr. Pence conducts himself with equal dignity and firmness against this nonsense. I suspect he will.
Video: Congress Certifies the Electoral College Vote
This is how democracy works.
You need to look into the laws because not only is what they are doing legal, it has been done before, and you might even say it is their duty to object when they feel that an election has not been conducted properly.
Multiple senators are planning to object to certifying the 2020 presidential election...
IMO, we've now left the realm of Trump and the Republicans just being "poor sports" and "sore losers" and whiners, and we've entered the realm of blatant treason IMO. This kind of careless and reckless action by the Republicans threatens the very heart of our Republic, specifically the right to elect our own leaders!
The Democrats did the same thing following the election of George W. Bush, so what is being made to seem so sensational now is actually much ado about nothing.
You seem to be forgetting that there was plenty of evidence that trump and his associates welcomed any and all Russian help in winning the 2016 election. Was it conscientious collusion on trump's part? Probably not since his defense was that his administration was to incompetent (read stupid) to actually collude with the Russians, but the evidence says that he won because of Russian interference.You seem to have ignored the fact that the Democrat party did virtually everything you are accusing Trump of for four years trying to have Trump thrown out of office. Where was their "maturity,""wisdom,""common sense," and "'class' to simply extend their welcome to the next President and be done?"
As I said it depends on whose ox got gored. The Democrats spent 4 years, 100s of hour of useless investigation and millions of dollars trying to throw Trump out of office. Where was all this unity then?
Do you really understand American history? Federal elections have been contested a great many times once it got to the Congress and Senate.
1796,
1800,
1808,
1812,
1820,
1836,
1856---1868---1876---1960---1968 and the year 2000. Not to mention the Dem's tried to do it in 2016 but didn't have the votes.
It's not the Court's decision in Bush v. Gore that I was referring to.
It's a little bit off the subject of the Senate challenging the Electoral College results, but in 2016, three state-wide recounts were financed by the Democrats and the losing candidate of that Party maintained, throughout the term of the winner, that he was an "illegitimate" president.Bobber: What did the Dem's try to do in 2016? Specifically.
It's a little bit off the subject of the Senate challenging the Electoral College results, but in 2016, three state-wide recounts were financed by the Democrats and the losing candidate of that Party maintained, throughout the term of the winner, that he was an "illegitimate" president.
House Democrats fail to muster support to challenge Trump’s Electoral College winBobber: What did the Dem's try to do in 2016? Specifically.
The details are that what you were going on about earlier is the same thing as the Democrats did after one of George W. Bush's election victories. And, in addition, they also sponsored recounts, called the winner "illegitimate," attempted to sabotage the Electoral College, and just about everything that Biden people are ranting about at present.
Because the claim was first made here against the Republicans as if the action was unprecedented or unthinkable, the facts are the opposite of what you are saying (above).But if you believe it was wrong for Democrats to challenge the EV counts, isn’t it equally wrong for Republicans to do the same?
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