Trump loyalists in Congress to challenge Electoral College results in Jan. 6 joint session (Update: Insurrectionists storm Congress)(And now what?) (2 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

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[LA 2 L.A.]

I’m not normally one to call for a civil war, but it should have happened when Jan 5th hit. Every Congressman who supported Trump should have been arrested for treason and Trump should have been immediately impeached and put in prison. Our country is asleep at the wheel and we’re going to pay the price when Trump and SCOTUS essentially makes Congress impotent and everything goes through the WH.

If the bold part happens, then there will be a civil war. I think we can and will prevent that from happening.

 

[RobF]

I think so. I remember reading something like that. Of course, nobody made them produce the logs. They were probably flushed down the toilet or burned in the fireplace. Nearly everyone that worked in that WH did criminal shirt.

Had a quick look and found a source about the missing phone logs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60799663

That's from March 2022, so it's possible something emerged since then, but assuming not, then yes, it's true.

 

[Optimus Prime]

I remember reading an article in high school talking about two major missed opportunities that if taken the country would be in a different and better place

1. Failing to prosecute the confederacy after the civil war

2. Failing to prosecute Richard Nixon for Watergate

The failure to hold those involved with Jan 6th accountable is the third

 

[MT15]

I remember reading an article in high school taking about two major missed opportunities that if taken the country would be in a different and better place

1. Failing to prosecute the confederacy after the civil war

2. Failing to prosecute Richard Nixon for Watergate

The failure to hold those involved with Jan 6th accountable is the third

We refuse to learn from past mistakes.

 

[MT15]

 

[Optimus Prime]

A Florida man who was convicted then pardoned by Donald Trump after he grabbed then House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern and posed for photographs with it during the US Capitol riot is running for county office.

Adam Johnson filed to run as a Republican for an at-large seat on the Manatee county commission on Tuesday. That was the fifth anniversary of the January 6 riot, when he was photographed smiling and waving as he carried Pelosi’s lectern after the pro-Trump mob’s attack in 2021.

Johnson told WWSB-TV that it was “not a coincidence” that he filed to run for office on 6 January, saying: “It’s definitely good for getting the buzz out there.” His campaign logo is an outline of the viral photograph of him carrying the lectern.……

Pardoned January 6 defendant runs for Florida political office

Adam Johnson served 75 days in prison before being pardoned by Donald Trump in January 2025

www.theguardian.com

 

[zztop]

I’m not normally one to call for a civil war, but it should have happened when Jan 5th hit. Every Congressman who supported Trump should have been arrested for treason and Trump should have been immediately impeached and put in prison. Our country is asleep at the wheel and we’re going to pay the price when Trump and SCOTUS essentially makes Congress impotent and everything goes through the WH.

There was literally one day (I remember this clearly) that (R) congressmen were scared shirtless. One day. Then you could see the pivot and the message spewed out by them akin to 'lets not be too hasty'.

If not arrested then, once Biden was elected. And classify trump, all his lackeys, the republicans who had no balls to do anything, the federalist society/judges -all of them- as a terrorist organization. It was long past time to call a spade a spade. EVERY.single.one.of.them played a part in this. EVERY.single.one.of.them let him get away with it, without consequence.

 

[camdudetenger2018]

A Florida man who was convicted then pardoned by Donald Trump after he grabbed then House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern and posed for photographs with it during the US Capitol riot is running for county office.

Adam Johnson filed to run as a Republican for an at-large seat on the Manatee county commission on Tuesday. That was the fifth anniversary of the January 6 riot, when he was photographed smiling and waving as he carried Pelosi’s lectern after the pro-Trump mob’s attack in 2021.

Johnson told WWSB-TV that it was “not a coincidence” that he filed to run for office on 6 January, saying: “It’s definitely good for getting the buzz out there.” His campaign logo is an outline of the viral photograph of him carrying the lectern.……

Pardoned January 6 defendant runs for Florida political office

Adam Johnson served 75 days in prison before being pardoned by Donald Trump in January 2025

www.theguardian.com

lol whats next

don lemon sunny hostin joy reid and tiffany cross runs for office too