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

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Rudy left this voicemail for Tuberville, only he called the wrong number.

Senator Tuberville? Or I should say Coach Tuberville. This is Rudy Giuliani, the president's lawyer. I'm calling you because I want to discuss with you how they're trying to rush this hearing and how we need you, our Republican friends, to try to just slow it down so we can get these legislatures to get more information to you. And I know they're reconvening at 8 tonight, but it … the only strategy we can follow is to object to numerous states and raise issues so that we get ourselves into tomorrow—ideally until the end of tomorrow.

I know McConnell is doing everything he can to rush it, which is kind of a kick in the head because it's one thing to oppose us, it's another thing not to give us a fair opportunity to contest it. And he wants to try to get it down to only three states that we contest. But there are 10 states that we contest, not three. So if you could object to every state and, along with a congressman, get a hearing for every state, I know we would delay you a lot, but it would give us the opportunity to get the legislators who are very, very close to pulling their vote, particularly after what McConnell did today. It angered them, because they have written letters asking that you guys adjourn and send them back the questionable ones and they'll fix them up.

So, this phone number, I'm available on all night, and it would be an honor to talk to you. Thank you.

Giuliani to Senator: ‘Try to Just Slow it Down’

The president’s lawyer tries to block the count of the Electoral College votes.

thedispatch.com

There is an audio file in the article.

I concur with this comment:

I'm skeptical that this is Rudy. I did not hear a single fart during the entire call.

 

[MT15]

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[superchuck500]

As futile as these objections.

 

[First Time Poster]

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Hey we’re congressional districtmates

Weird...me too...I'm in LaPlace...Crazy.

 

[JRad]

Supposedly only PA will be objected to from here. The Congressfolk doing this...there are just no words. These people went through an attack today, and they’re going to be stuck at work because some idiots have to posture. Can you imagine being someone with kids/grandkids, who know about today’s attack, and can’t talk to them because of this garbage? It’s enraging, and this is coming from someone who isn’t even a family man.

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

Yep...that was me to the black cop who was running upstairs in what I guess was an attempt to lure/herd a group to reinforcements...he should've put 2 in the chest of that dude in the Q t-shirt...I would've.

 

[Lapaz]

Come on, man. Don't be naive. These are the people who follow incoherent posts in 4chan from an anonymous source and think there is a deep state that enslaves and abuses children and worship Satan. The message was dog whistle after dog whistle, (well, they are just plain whistles now) with a forced "go home" thrown as some type of failed CYA. For a couple of weeks, and throughout the day, Trump and his lackeys urged them to march, spewing the same flammable vitriol he's been spewing since the election was called.

I agree his minions are irrational, so why would a rational go home message have worked better?

 

[wardorican]

I don't know. She was wavering a bit last time I talked to her. Her brother and his crew changed plans and are not going to her place, so that's a relief. I think she was just gonna meet them at a restaurant for lunch and not go to the rally with them. I guess I'll find out in a day or 2.

Dollars to donuts, she's gonna tell me those antifa thugs were the ones who damaged the Capitol. Ugh, I don't look forward to hearing her warped view of what happened.

A friend of mine on facebook is Republican and has a lot of more nutty right wing friends.. they're all on the ANTIFA train. One of them was there and is saying it wasn't one of those proud patriots... forgetting that some of the ones caught on camera are known right wing activists.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

The husband of the woman that was killed trying to infiltrate that blocked door confirmed her status as a trump cult member, I'm sure the other she was with were her comrades.

 

[bdb13]

So the MAGA idiots on my Facebook feed are all convinced that today was Antifa dressed as Trump supporters. They genuinely believe that. That’s how stupid and delusional Trumpism is.

Yeah OK. See my post from this morning where I said my friend's brother drove all night up there from freaking Pensacola, Fl?.. yeah got tear gassed up there on the balcony.

So excuse me but fork that shirt.

 

[gummbo]

Yeah OK. See my post from this morning where I said my friend's brother drove all night up there from freaking Pensacola, Fl?.. yeah got tear gassed up there on the balcony.

So excuse me but fork that shirt.

I’d say it’s time for you to get smarter friends

 

[bdb13]

I’d say it’s time for you to get smarter friends

My friend's brother. I know him, been around him before but not recently.. am not friends with him.

 

[The moose]

I’d say it’s time for you to get smarter friends

Man I hear ya. I got a bunch of maga hat dudes in my circle. I have not given up on them.

Dude it is hard to make real friends as an adult. Not that facebook crap or will show up and drink your beer I mean real help you whenever you need it friends.

 

[Eeyore]

A friend of mine on facebook is Republican and has a lot of more nutty right wing friends.. they're all on the ANTIFA train. One of them was there and is saying it wasn't one of those proud patriots... forgetting that some of the ones caught on camera are known right wing activists.

Give them this link. It identifies a bunch of the clowns.

Meet the Far-Right QAnon and White Supremacist Goons at the Capitol in Washington D.C.

As mobs of MAGA fanatics stormed the Capitol in a violent assault, familiar names and organizations were on hand for the wannabe coup.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[MT15]

 

[RebSaint]

My grandfather fought against this shirt.

 

[wardorican]

Give them this link. It identifies a bunch of the clowns.

Meet the Far-Right QAnon and White Supremacist Goons at the Capitol in Washington D.C.

As mobs of MAGA fanatics stormed the Capitol in a violent assault, familiar names and organizations were on hand for the wannabe coup.

www.thedailybeast.com

I am not that close to her, and they won't read it or will say it's fake news.