GOP Lawmaker Sues to Give Pence ‘Exclusive Authority’ Over Electoral College Votes
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) filed a lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence to give Pence “exclusive authority” to decide which Electoral College votes should be counted.
According to the lawsuit (pdf), Pence has a role in the upcoming Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress to count all 50 states’ Electoral College votes. Gohmert’s lawsuit was filed against Pence in his capacity as vice president, is asking a federal judge to strike down to declare Section 15 of the 1887 Electoral Count Act unconstitutional.
The GOP lawmaker also asking Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee, to determine that Pence is authorized to pick GOP electors who cast votes for Trump during the Joint Session of Congress.
Trump s ultra-loyalists launch yet another lawsuit to overturn election: GOP representative Louie Gohmert and Arizona s Republican electors ask judge to rule that Mike Pence can pick which electoral votes count
Rep. Louie Gohmert and Arizona s slate of Republican Electoral College electors are suing Vice President Mike Pence
The lawsuit, which was described by one expert as jaw-droppingly stupid, aims to give Pence the power to choose GOP electors over Democratic ones
On December 14, when members of the Electoral College were voting in state capitals, GOP electors met too and cast votes for President Donald Trump
As president of the Senate, Pence is supposed to chair next week s meeting of Congress when the Electoral College votes are counted
Gohmert And Other Trump Toadies Sue … Pence In Cartoonish Gambit To Steal Election For Trump Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the Rose Garden of the White House on April 15, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
It’s the latest Hail Mary.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) is leading an inevitably doomed lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence who will preside over Congress’ tallying of the Electoral College’s votes on January 6 that seeks to hijack the final step in formalizing President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Gohmert, joined by Arizona’s 11 GOP state electors, filed the suit on Sunday requesting that Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee who presides over the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, give Pence the power to magically replace President-elect Joe Biden’s electors in swing states with pro-Trump ones when Congress officially counts the E
GOP Lawmaker Louie Gohmert Sues Vice President Pence to Give Him ‘Exclusive Authority’ to Overturn Election Results
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) filed a lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence in a bid to overturn the election results, asking a court to give Pence “exclusive authority” to decide which Electoral College votes should be counted on Jan. 6.
According to the lawsuit (pdf), Pence has a role in the upcoming Jan. 6 Joint Session of Congress to count all 50 states’ Electoral College votes. Gohmert’s lawsuit, which was filed against Pence in his capacity as vice president, is asking a federal judge to strike down the 1887 Electoral Count Act and to grant Pence the authority to overturn the election results in favor of President Donald Trump.