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Gov. Ron DeSantis is endorsing President Donald Trumps fight to hold onto his job, floating the idea that GOP-controlled legislatures in battleground states won by Democratic nominee Joe Biden could appoint Trump electors and override the popular vote.
DeSantis, one of Trumps close Republican allies, declared Thursday on Laura Ingrahams show on Fox News he would stand with Trump as the presidents re-election chances dimmed. He urged viewers to donate to Trumps legal fund and suggested people living in battleground states with GOP legislatures, specifically Michigan and Pennsylvania, contact their state lawmakers who could provide remedies.
Under Article II of the Constitution, presidential electors are done by the legislatures and the schemes they create and the framework, DeSantis said. If theres departure from that, if theyre not following law, if theyre ignoring the law, then they can provide remedies as well, so I would exhaust every option to make sure we have a fair count.
GOP leaders in Pennsylvania have rejected that idea.
The Pennsylvania General Assembly does not have and will not have a hand in choosing the states presidential electors or in deciding the outcome of the presidential election," Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman and House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff wrote in an Oct. 19 column.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/fl-ne-florida-gop-reaction-20201106-pjqk73ln3jcojggkp2rhezz7ay-story.html
RKP5637
(67,083 posts)Phoenix61
(16,992 posts)embarrass the hell out of us. Im unclear how he thinks sucking up to the departing president is going to help him.
RKP5637
(67,083 posts)Harvard is beyond me.
JI7
(89,239 posts)RKP5637
(67,083 posts)In It to Win It
(8,222 posts)our governor is encouraging the outgoing president to disregard the peoples and the electoral colleges choice for president.
Wow! How did I end up with the stupid people for elected officials?
Cant wait to vote against this guy in 2022 😡🤬😡😤
ck4829
(35,037 posts)You're knowingly sending a certified document to Congress where the "winner" doesn't match up with the votes.
If that doesn't break the law behind the meaning and power of something being "certified" and sent to Congress, then I don't know what does.
RKP5637
(67,083 posts)Deuxcents
(16,069 posts)We have so many other issues for his time n energy. Like.. over 10,000 new C19 cases yesterday
lark
(23,059 posts)His disgusting mini-me meat puppet continues to sink below any occasion in furtherance of their shared fascism.