Trump loyalists in Congress to challenge Electoral College results in Jan. 6 joint session (Update: Insurrectionists storm Congress)(And now what?) (1 Viewer)

[superchuck500]

I guess it's time to start a thread for this. We know that at least 140 members of Congress have pledged to join the objection. Under federal law, if at least one member of each house (HOR and Senate) objects, each house will adjourn the joint session for their own session (limited at two hours) to take up the objection. If both houses pass a resolution objecting to the EC result, further action can take place. If both houses do not (i.e. if one or neither passes a resolution), the objection is powerless and the college result is certified.

Clearly this is political theater as we know such a resolution will not pass the House, and there's good reason to think it wouldn't pass the Senate either (with or without the two senators from Georgia). The January 6 joint session is traditionally a ceremonial one. This one will not be.

Many traditional pillars of Republican support have condemned the plan as futile and damaging. Certainly the Trump loyalists don't care - and many are likely doing it for fundraising purposes or to carry weight with the fraction of their constituencies that think this is a good idea.

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32717.pdf

 

[Optimus Prime]

A war hero caught up in the January 6 riots has slammed the Trump administration for handing a $5 million payout to a rioter's family.

Colorado Rep. Jason Crow, a former U.S. Army Ranger who served in Afghanistan, Iraq and earned the Bronze Star Medal, spoke to CNN anchor Jake Tapper Monday about the government payout to the family of Ashli Babbitt.

Babbitt, 35, was fatally shot by an officer when a mob stormed the Capitol in 2021. The Trump administration agreed to the payout to settle a $30m wrongful death lawsuit filed by her family, the Associated Press reports.

Crow slated the move as part of an attempt by President Donald Trump to “rewrite history.”

“He doesn‘t want to acknowledge that he weaponized a mob and sent that mob to attack the Capitol to brutalize hundreds of officers, 140 of whom still have major injuries, five of whom died from their wounds and their trauma,” Crow told Tapper.

“We passed a bipartisan bill in 2022 to erect a plaque in honor of those officers. House Republicans and the speaker have refused to put that plaque up because they want to sweep it all under the rug.”

Lawmakers can’t just “ignore that entire part of history because it‘s inconvenient to Donald Trump” he added.…….

War hero forced to hide during Jan 6 chaos condemns $5m payout to rioter’s family

Rep. Jason Crow said politicians can’t just ‘ignore that entire part of history because it‘s inconvenient to Donald Trump’

www.independent.co.uk