The voters have spoken. So have the electors who, under America’s unique system, have the official job of choosing the next president. The U.S. Congress still has a role to play, one that’s usually mostly ceremonial, but this time around could mark one last attempt by loyalists to President Donald Trump to overturn the election of President-elect Joe Biden.
3 Jan 2021
On Saturday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Justice,” host Jeanine Pirro slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other critics of the effort led by a group of Republican House and Senate members to potentially challenge the outcome of the 2020 Electoral College.
Pirro criticized Pelosi and others for supporting then-Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) for challenging the Electoral College in 2004 but applying a different standard to this group of lawmakers.
Transcript as follows:
PIRRO: It may be a New Year, but I’m not so sure much has changed from 48 hours ago. The left’s hypocrisy continues to know no bounds. January 6, when the Electoral College vote will be formally counted is just a few days away. Yet how much do you even know about January 6, and the congressional mechanism in place?
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