Trump loyalists in Congress to challenge Electoral College results in Jan. 6 joint session (Update: Insurrectionists storm Congress)(And now what?) (3 Viewers)

[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

 

[zztop]

lol Sen Lankford "thousands of pages of evidence" how pathetic
it just dawned on me that this is similar to the "50,000 pages of evidence that the saints had a bounty program"
from what I gather he wants a committee to evaluate all this "evidence" then let the states decide who the votes should go to, or something to that effect

 

[cuddlemonkey]

I was only half-listening, but did they just adjourn abruptly in the middle of Lankford's sedition speech?

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

I was only half-listening, but did they just adjourn abruptly in the middle of Lankford's sedition speech?

Yup, Secret Service just ushered Pence out and now they may be evacuating the building

 

[Nebaghead]

I was only half-listening, but did they just adjourn abruptly in the middle of Lankford's sedition speech?

They breached the steps. Looks like they are locking down the capital.

 

[Bigdaddysaints]

a co worker was telling me that someone from Arizona has copies of 35k illegal votes, and had proof they were illegal.
I told her it was probably BS. I can't watch all this, what's the word on those?

 

[The moose]

I was only half-listening, but did they just adjourn abruptly in the middle of Lankford's sedition speech?

Yeah the asshats outside made they hustle Mike pence out of there quickly.

 

[Complex Kid]

The allegation is that there is fraud!!!

On a side note, I have billions missing from my checking account and I've heard that Ivanka has been seen in my bank many people have told me this and I cannot dismiss it as a coincidence that she was there and my account doesn't have billions I demand that the postal service conduct a forensic audit on my bank and hers to determine why my account is missing billions!!!!

I just checked my bank account and I also have billions that are not there!!!

 

[SFIDC3]

Yeah the asshats outside made they hustle Mike pence out of there quickly.

They need to hit them with tear gas and rubber bullets...pronto...if they aren't already....

 

[cuddlemonkey]

Yup, Secret Service just ushered Pence out and now they may be evacuating the building

I had a feeling that those were Secret Service guys. They were moving fast.

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

Hmm..saw a Trump/JFK Jr flag out front in the protest crowd...

Apparently they think some guy named Vincent Fusca is really JFK Jr and has been in hiding for the last 20 years and will emerge as trumps running mate for 2024.

Craaazy

 

[zztop]

They need to hit them with tear gas and rubber bullets...pronto...if they aren't already....

99.9% of them are white, so they'll get snacks, water, blankets and gently coaxed away from the building

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

And in typical Trump fashion he claimed that he was going to lead a march to the Capitol and bailed on them...

 

[wardorican]

lol Sen Lankford "thousands of pages of evidence" how pathetic
it just dawned on me that this is similar to the "50,000 pages of evidence that the saints had a bounty program"
from what I gather he wants a committee to evaluate all this "evidence" then let the states decide who the votes should go to, or something to that effect

I thought Lankford had integrity. He was very good in some of the Senate committees I've seen him talk in. Guess not.

 

[superchuck500]

He’s still encouraging them.

 

[JRad]

This is absurd. 30%+ of the country is happy to see this.

 

[superchuck500]

He should be impeached tomorrow.

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

Trump is going full blown "Mad King", next 2 weeks should be interesting.

 

[brandon]

Protestors are now inside the capitol. What the fork.