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Speakers included former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, who was pardoned by the president pardoned after he was twice convicted of lying to the FBI in special counsel Robert Mueller s Russia investigation. We stand at a crucible moment in United States history, Flynn told the mostly maskless crowd. This country is awake now.
7:30PM “Stop the Steal” Rally
• We’ve heard General Mike Flynn give a salute / shout-out to QAnon soldiers.
• George Papadopoulos praise the president for his pardon.
• Attendees pray for the Proud Boys.
Also addressing the crowd was longtime Trump ally Roger Stone, another recipient of a pardon from the president.
The Constitution does not give power to the vice president to unilaterally reject lawfully certified electors, Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace says.
Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace said Vice President Mike Pence correctly chose the Constitution over the whims of President Trump Wednesday in announcing he could not unilaterally reject electors, a power he did not possess anyway. Mike Pence has been an utterly loyal vice president, but when it comes to a direct choice, and that s what basically Donald Trump was asking him to make, between the Constitution and helping his president, he chose the Constitution, Wallace said. I think it is the only choice he could have made. I think it s the right choice and the courageous choice.