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Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't it next congress that would certify the 2024 election?

So, as long as dems take back the house, which is pretty likely, the current insurrectionist speaker won't have a say in the matter.
 
Morty_ said:
Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't it next congress that would certify the 2024 election?

So, as long as dems take back the house, which is pretty likely, the current insurrectionist speaker won't have a say in the matter.
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You are wrong, this conrgress certifies it, the election may be in November but it doesn't take power until January
 
Red in STL said:
You are wrong, this conrgress certifies it, the election may be in November but it doesn't take power until January
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So thats why they all voted for him then, to try to stir shit up if Trump loses again.

Though, i think there was some bill passed, electoral reform act or what it was called, that makes it less likely now than before, to succeed, though i don't know the details.
 
Morty_ said:
So thats why they all voted for him then, to try to stir shit up if Trump loses again.

Though, i think there was some bill passed, electoral reform act or what it was called, that makes it less likely now than before, to succeed, though i don't know the details.
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Certificiation is done in a joint session, basically there are only 2 acceptable objections and these are related to the Electoral College, 1. the electors of the State were not lawfully certified under a Certificate of Ascertainment or 2, the vote of one or more electors has not been regularly given - this is how they tried last time with fake electors by claiming they were the real ones and their votes weren't given

Not sure there's been any bills on electoral reform at Congressional level in recent years, state laws are a different matter though
 
Fascinating that the GOP has doubled down on the cult. With some of the nominees felt like this could be a turning point away from the orange stain, but instead they've hitched their wagon to him. Which is nuts given how utterly insane he's seemd lately. That party is fully broken imo, hopefully opens a pathway for a kingmaker third party.
 
Morty_ said:
This is the Jesus actually worship.

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I thought it was this one
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So I was watching a PBS interview with some guy and he said that Trump chose Pence as VP to secure the evangelical Christian vote as they were sceptical of Trump.

But isn't it precisely the evangelical Christians who have become pretty hardcore MAGA?
 
VorZakone said:
So I was watching a PBS interview with some guy and he said that Trump chose Pence as VP to secure the evangelical Christian vote as they were sceptical of Trump.

But isn't it precisely the evangelical Christians who have become pretty hardcore MAGA?
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If you believe in one fantastical story you're probably more likely to believe in another.
 
Maagge said:
If you believe in one fantastical story you're probably more likely to believe in another.
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True!

Edit: but then Trump gave them the SC they wanted so I guess that makes him their hero
 
It’s this level of politics that the left is severely behind & it’s the level that can affect us the most & the quickest…

 
VorZakone said:
So I was watching a PBS interview with some guy and he said that Trump chose Pence as VP to secure the evangelical Christian vote as they were sceptical of Trump.

But isn't it precisely the evangelical Christians who have become pretty hardcore MAGA?
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That's true now but from memory I don't think Trump had all that much contact with them before his original candidacy.
 
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