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jimnyc
01-06-2021, 06:53 PM
Made the right decision here. Wasn't gonna happen anyway.

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Mike Pence rejects Trump’s call to overturn Biden election


Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday refused President Donald Trump’s demand that he try to block the confirmation of Joe Biden’s election as the next president of the United States by Congress.
Pence said in a letter that he did not believe, as Trump has claimed, that a vice president has the unilateral power to reject Electoral College votes for a candidate.
As Pence released his statement, Trump was speaking at a rally outside of the White House, where he reiterated his call that the vice president undo Biden’s election.


Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday refused President Donald Trump’s demand that he try to block confirmation by Congress of Joe Biden’s election as the next president of the United States.

Pence said in a letter that he did not believe, as Trump has claimed, that a vice president has the power to reject some Electoral College votes for a candidate.

“It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not,” Pence wrote in his three-page letter addressed to members of Congress.

His dramatic break from Trump came minutes before the Republican vice president began presiding over a joint session of Congress, which is meeting to declare former Democratic Vice President Biden the victor.

Pence said in his letter that he shared “the concerns of millions of Americans about the integrity of this election,” which Trump and his supporters have claimed without evidence was corrupted by widespread ballot fraud.

But Pence also wrote that “vesting the Vice President with unilateral authority to decide presidential contests would be entirely antithetical to” the system of check and balances between branches of the government designed by the framers of the Constitution.

“The Presidency belongs to the American people, and to them alone,” Pence wrote.

“When disputes concerning a presidential election arise, under Federal law, it is the people’s representatives who review the evidence and resolve disputes through a democratic process.”

Rest - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/06/mike-pence-rejects-trumps-call-to-overturn-biden-election.html

gabosaurus
01-06-2021, 07:38 PM
Pence has shown a lot of backbone in standing up to Trump's demands. So has Mitch McConnell. Probably earned them both a place on Trump's permanent shitlist. But at least they showed some personal integrity.

Kathianne
01-06-2021, 08:39 PM
Good on him, but likely the end of his career and Cruz too.

icansayit
01-06-2021, 10:13 PM
Pence has shown a lot of backbone in standing up to Trump's demands. So has Mitch McConnell. Probably earned them both a place on Trump's permanent shitlist. But at least they showed some personal integrity.


You are so against the Constitution you have just proven YOU KNOW NOTHING about it. Vice President Pence didn't need to show backbone, and he didn't Betray the President. Sadly for You and the Other Uninformed. Pence did what the Hated Constitution said to do.
If you had any honesty, based on education. You would be dangerous.

jimnyc
01-07-2021, 11:19 AM
There are MANY MANY MANY politicians out there that would be well served to read this letter and then read it again. Well stated, Mr. Pence!!

https://i.imgur.com/MsI8i8Y.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/KjPfhRX.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/VVG9f4h.jpg

Kathianne
01-07-2021, 11:27 AM
Likewise McConnell's:

https://www.newsweek.com/full-text-mitch-mcconnells-speech-before-most-important-vote-his-career-1559426

icansayit
01-07-2021, 04:25 PM
You are so against the Constitution you have just proven YOU KNOW NOTHING about it. Vice President Pence didn't need to show backbone, and he didn't Betray the President. Sadly for You and the Other Uninformed. Pence did what the Hated Constitution said to do.
If you had any honesty, based on education. You would be dangerous.

This proves. The CONSTITUTION was carefully designed to Work in all cases. So I didn't really expect a reply from gabby...who now will resist eating....
https://batgurrl.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/eat-crow.jpg?w=723