“You Have a Rendezvous with Destiny, Mr. Vice President”
Mobile Conservative — Republican legislators filed a lawsuit late Sunday against VP Pence in an attempt to swing the 2020 election in President Trump’s favor.
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VP Pence will oversee the January 6th congressional electoral vote, finalizing the results of the 2020 election.
According to the Daily Caller, “Republican Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert and a group of other GOP figures filed a lawsuit Sunday against Vice President Mike Pence in an effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The group filed the lawsuit against Pence in his capacity as vice president in a federal Texas court. The lawsuit reportedly asks for the judge to overturn Trump’s losses in battleground states.
Along with Gohmert and Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward, Students for Trump COO Tyler Bowyer, Arizona Republican Party Executive Director Greg Safsten and Maricopa County Republicans Second Vice Chair Nancy Cottle are asking federal Judge Jeremy Kernodle to let Pence declare who the electors are on Jan. 6“
Whether or not VP Pence has the authority to determine whether or not to count electoral votes submitted by a state is highly debated surrounding the 2020 election.
Many lawyers took to Twitter, voicing their opinions and citing examples of how the VP’s authority has precedent — Including Constitutionalist trial lawyer Robert Barnes:
Those in press pretending the idea that #Pence can have a role in the certification of electors is somehow unprecedented clearly skipped both their Constitutional literacy class & the history of contested Presidential elections. The idea the VP can decide electors dates to 1876.
— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) December 28, 2020
Many are pointing out the use of this authority by none other than Thomas Jefferson:
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“Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, among the most revered founding fathers of our country, only became President because he used his unilateral power as President of the Senate to open and count the presidential ballots in his own favor.”
— Land of the Free (@trustrestored) December 28, 2020