Pence has the Constitutional authority and the Jeffersonian precedent of 1803 to choose which electors to accept from the dueling electors from AZ.
VP did not need to halt the Joint Session and go to debate in separate chambers.
That is the point POTUS made. Pence chose the weasle way. Pence showed his hand, that he is for the deep state and for the commie overthrow.
Now America is on the steps of the Capital in inside the building.