Pence will be the master of ceremonies on January 6
Approximately 36 Republican senators and 185 Republican house members have not indicated if they believe that either Biden or Trump won the election. They will all have to take some kind of action or inaction on January 6. And they will no doubt be asked to explain their decision by the press, by Trump supporters, and perhaps by Trump himself.
On January 6, Pence be in charge of counting the electoral votes at a joint secession of Congress. This will be the new Congress with the old Veep presiding.
Senate and House members will have a chance to lodge objections to the electoral votes. Rep. Mo Brooks is going to lodge some. The objection will certainly be squashed by a House vote. Both the House and Senate must support an objection for it to block the electoral votes being counted.
Will anyone else in Congress join Brooks?
The Senate is more on the hot seat. A single Senator joining Brooks objection will lead to 2 hours of debate in the House and Senate followed by separate votes in each body.
If they remain silent what will be their excuse? If they are not sure Biden won, wouldn’t a high profile debate on the state of US elections be worthwhile? If not, why not?
And, if they have to vote on an objection, are they going to vote to overturn Biden’s election. They will be on record whether or not the objection succeeds, unless there is a voice vote.
Sen. Barbara joined an objection in 2005 because she thought that a debate on Ohio election irregularities was worthwhile.
But, so far, no Republican senator has revealed his decision. They are still testing the winds, I guess.
Seems to me that they have to reveal themselves as die-hard Trumpers or be accused being RINOs. Hard choice for the swing-state members.
