The "brawl in congress on the 6th" scenario was always the most likely one. People got their hopes up in the Texas suit because the Supreme Court could have tied this all up in a neat bow and saved us all a lot of headaches and risk.
Enough info has to come out to get the state legislatures over the line, though, and our Chi-crats will fight that every step of the way.
Doesn't Pence also have the power to choose whichever slate of electors he wants if two are submitted? Which means Trump could get to 270 right then. And the Supreme Court is making it pretty clear that they want to stay out of this, so I don't think there is much anyone could do about it.
Please correct me if I'm wrong. It's all so confusing lol
That's the correct form of the "brawl on the 6th" scenario. It requires state legislatures to submit their own slate of electors so that there are two options.
A bunch of them seem to still be struggling to read this you-ess cone-stay-two-shone thing that kids are on about these days (it's the first they've heard of it, you see). But they've got until the 5th to get someone to explain it to them in small words.
The only situation where there would be a single slate that gets decertified is if the ODNI report is such a blockbuster that the nation as a whole is ready to revolt otherwise, and that would require pretty miraculous levels of evidence. And at that point the state legislatures would surely have acted.
This theory is a bit "Bernie can still win", except for the fact that everyone on both sides is sure as hell acting like this isn't over. And since it's not over, the question remains why Trump thinks he can win and everyone is acting like he's right. The 6th is the most obvious mechanism remaining for this to happen.
There are huuuuuge differences between Bernie and Trump. Bernie was/is a powerless shill working for the DNC. He wasn't ever supposed to win. Trump is POTUS with the terrifying powers that come with that position. He's smart enough and ruthless enough to use all those powers. Better still, he's genius tier out side the box thinker/strategist so he'll use those powers in unexpected ways. Trump has always intended to win. He's fighting for everything he loves. He knows the fight is to the death. There will be only one victor. Us. Trump is the fighter Bernie bros wanted Bernie to be. They were too naive to understand Bernie would have been crushed if he tried to fight. Trump will win for ALL of us, including the haters.
the Supreme Court could have tied this all up in a neat bow and saved us all a lot of headaches and risk.
Those cowardly fucking pieces of shit punted. They have lifetime appointments specifically so they can make the tough decisions and not get voted out of office for them, and they fucking punted.
The "brawl in congress on the 6th" scenario was always the most likely one. People got their hopes up in the Texas suit because the Supreme Court could have tied this all up in a neat bow and saved us all a lot of headaches and risk.
Enough info has to come out to get the state legislatures over the line, though, and our Chi-crats will fight that every step of the way.
you're missing that there could be a situation with competing electors. Two slates sent from certain states.
Then no candidate gets to 270. And contingent election, Congress, one vote per state.
You're right though, we don't have Congress, so we couldn't reject electoral votes outright.
Doesn't Pence also have the power to choose whichever slate of electors he wants if two are submitted? Which means Trump could get to 270 right then. And the Supreme Court is making it pretty clear that they want to stay out of this, so I don't think there is much anyone could do about it.
Please correct me if I'm wrong. It's all so confusing lol
That's the correct form of the "brawl on the 6th" scenario. It requires state legislatures to submit their own slate of electors so that there are two options.
A bunch of them seem to still be struggling to read this you-ess cone-stay-two-shone thing that kids are on about these days (it's the first they've heard of it, you see). But they've got until the 5th to get someone to explain it to them in small words.
The only situation where there would be a single slate that gets decertified is if the ODNI report is such a blockbuster that the nation as a whole is ready to revolt otherwise, and that would require pretty miraculous levels of evidence. And at that point the state legislatures would surely have acted.
This theory is a bit "Bernie can still win", except for the fact that everyone on both sides is sure as hell acting like this isn't over. And since it's not over, the question remains why Trump thinks he can win and everyone is acting like he's right. The 6th is the most obvious mechanism remaining for this to happen.
There are huuuuuge differences between Bernie and Trump. Bernie was/is a powerless shill working for the DNC. He wasn't ever supposed to win. Trump is POTUS with the terrifying powers that come with that position. He's smart enough and ruthless enough to use all those powers. Better still, he's genius tier out side the box thinker/strategist so he'll use those powers in unexpected ways. Trump has always intended to win. He's fighting for everything he loves. He knows the fight is to the death. There will be only one victor. Us. Trump is the fighter Bernie bros wanted Bernie to be. They were too naive to understand Bernie would have been crushed if he tried to fight. Trump will win for ALL of us, including the haters.
This isn't a time for conspiracy theories about Trump somehow not getting in. Let the men talk.
fait accompli
We need to keep pressuring legislatures. AZ and GA are both close to cracking.
Those cowardly fucking pieces of shit punted. They have lifetime appointments specifically so they can make the tough decisions and not get voted out of office for them, and they fucking punted.
Exactly. This is what Powell has been doing. Bringing reciepts all this time.