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In reply to the discussion: Trump is underwater on everything: [View all]Fiendish Thingy
(21,564 posts)Unless Johnson intends to dissolve congress for the remainder of his term, Grijalva will be seated.
You must have missed the changes to the Electoral College certification laws and processes following January 6. The VP cannot refuse to certify, and objections by congress to a states slate of electors are much more difficult to sustain.
If, for some reason, electoral votes are not certified, the incumbent does not remain in office- the constitution provides for the appointment of an acting president, starting with the speaker and proceeding down the line of succession.
Your acceptance of the mythology surrounding Trumps supposed omnipotence has clouded your reasoning.
Despite daily atrocities and lawlessness committed by this administration, there has been frequent pushback from the courts, the states and the people. For example, the Republican Indiana state legislature is refusing Trumps demand that they gerrymander their districts to add another republican seat. Deployment of troops has been blocked numerous times in numerous states. There has been just one instance of this administration defying a court order restraining its actions, otherwise, they have used the standard appeals process, whereas full blown fascists would just have the offending judges assassinated.
Defeatism weakens our ability to resist and fight back; it is critical that everyone remember this one absolute truth:
Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless