to accept the electoral college votes as they have been cast. i said, well, richard, you can tell the vice president that i said, he has no such authority whatsoever. jake tapper: why did you take to twitter? michael luttig: well, the next morning, richard calls and he said, look, we have to get your voice out to the country immediately within the next hour or two. jake tapper: judge luttig, with the help of his son, sent his first ever twitter thread. michael luttig: my son sent me twitter instructions on how to tweet a thread of individual tweets that were under 140 characters-- i had no earthly idea what any of this was about. i just told my son send this to me right now, or i'll cut you out of the will. jake tapper: he read me some of that thread. michael luttig: the only responsibility and power of the vice president under the constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast.