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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Jan 6, 2021, 02:25 PM Jan 2021

GOP senator confronted by Trump supporters over electoral challenge: 'The law matters'

Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) pushed back on Wednesday against pro-Trump protesters as they urged him to lodge a challenge to President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory, arguing that he was duty-bound to certify the vote.

"My opinion doesn't matter," a visibly frustrated Young told a group of protesters outside the Russell Senate Office Building. "And you know what? When it comes to the law, our opinions don't matter. The law matters."

One protester then argued that Democrats "haven't followed the law," echoing a claim by President Trump that the election results in a handful of states were marred by voter fraud and other nefarious activities.

"I value your opinion. I actually share your concerns. I share your conviction that President Trump should remain president. I share that conviction," Young continues. "But the law matters. I took an oath under God - under God - I took an oath. Do we still take that seriously in this country?"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-senator-confronted-by-trump-supporters-over-electoral-challenge-the-law-matters/ar-BB1cwNCL?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=DELLDHP

God's just a prop to most of them.

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GOP senator confronted by Trump supporters over electoral challenge: 'The law matters' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 OP
He shares the conviction that trump should remain President.. CatMor Jan 2021 #1

CatMor

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1. He shares the conviction that trump should remain President..
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 02:40 PM
Jan 2021

and in the next breath says the law matters. trump lost the election by 7 million votes and 306 electoral votes so could he explain to me why trump should remain President. Ignorance runs rampant in the Republican party.

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