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

 

[brandon]

Parler is gone from google playstore.

App Store up next.

God damn the conservatives are finally getting their due.

 

[Neworleansfan]

He tweeted this.

He can still speak freely just not on their platform though.

 

[bdb13]

App Store up next.

God damn the conservatives are finally getting their due.

It's a forking reckoning.

 

[wardorican]

 

[wardorican]

Sometimes adults in the room have to send the kids to their room with no dinner.

Sometimes a children vs adults analogy really doesn't fit the situation.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

He can still speak freely just not on their platform though.

Pfft, facts! Since when does a Republican care about facts when trying to rile up the masses?

 

[SystemShock]

Sometimes a children vs adults analogy really doesn't fit the situation.

The irony.....

 

[Sledge Hammer]

Pfft, facts! Since when does a Republican care about facts when trying to rile up the masses?

That likely applies to anyone trying to rile up the masses, since by definition, they would be trying to persuade.

 

[bdb13]

Reggie, Reggie!

 

[Xeno]

Trump tried to tweet from @POTUS. Twitter took the tweet down. LOLOLOLOL!

 

[bdb13]

This madre frocker

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

That likely applies to anyone trying to rile up the masses, since by definition, they would be trying to persuade.

Fair enough, I see your point and raise you this:

A Lie.


The Truth.

Vienna police said they did not see anyone pounding on the Hawleys’ or their neighbors’ doors, did not hear any threats and did not see any vandalism other than chalk on the sidewalk. And as of Tuesday afternoon, they had not received a formal complaint from the Hawleys, Officer Juan Vazquez said. Vazquez told the Associated Press that when police arrived, they found that the “people were peaceful.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/05/hawley-protest-antifa-scumbags-virginia/

A Lie.


The Truth.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

A Lie.


I can go on and on, and the same can be said about some Democrats, but they aren't the ones trying subvert democracy.

 

[Neworleansfan]

This madre frocker

Lol @ Twitter deleting tweet from @potus. They should just lock the account until noon 1-20-2021.

 

[PurpleReign]

Lol @ Twitter deleting tweet from @potus. They should just lock the count until noon 1-20-2021.

Or just transfer it to Biden now.

 

[Xeno]

Lol @ Twitter deleting tweet from @potus. They should just lock the count until noon 1-20-2021.

Or just transfer control to Biden now. Trump would FLIP lol.

 

[bdb13]

forking burn

 

[Optimus Prime]

Watching the footage from inside the Capitol I couldn’t help thinking:

how many times do people need to learn the lesson of Richard Nixon,

STOP recording yourself doing illegal shirt!!!

 

[Saint by the Bay]

Watching the footage from inside the Capitol I couldn’t help thinking:

how many times do people need to learn the lesson of Richard Nixon,

STOP recording yourself doing illegal shirt!!!

I think they expected pardons, and they still may be right.