Think about it. In any game, you just need to win. No one cares by how much.
That’s what Texas just did. They waited. Tweaked something that’s obviously been in the works for months. Made it airtight. And dropped that mother fucker with 00:01 on the clock.
The equivalent of a field goal on the last play - not giving your opponent enough time to retaliate.
Fucking brilliant.
What exactly was the deadline?
There are no real deadlines until January. The 2 dates of December 8th (today), and the 14th that everyone is talking about, are not mentioned anywhere in the constitution and were added via federal law later; but members of SCOTUS have already argued those dates are unconstitutional in the past.
I think we have just about another week and then it’s over.
Wrong.
Go on...
Deadline is unclear if it even exists at all. Anytime before the actual inauguration is probably what it is going to be. Certification can always be revoked or delayed by congress.