This is what's puzzling to me as to why POTUS continues to state that VP Mike Pence had the authority to deny the electoral vote to Biden. I have gone through and read not only the 12th Amendment, but the Electoral Vote Act of 1887 sections 1. 3, and 15. I read Louie Goemert's brief he filled at SCOTUS in support of Ken Paxton's lawsuit (Texas AG) against the other contested states and I've read John Eastman's lawsuit he filed on behalf of President Trump that SCOTUS refuse to hear.
In none of the statutes or the 12th Amendment does it state ANYWHERE indirectly or directly that the Vice President has the authority to reject contested electoral certifications. NO WHERE does it even come close to iterating that.
The Texas lawsuit was against the other contested states and the unlawful and unConstitutional acts committed by those states in changing election law without the state legislatures. Rep. Goemert's brief was predicated on the Electoral Vote Act being unConstitutional but this statute mimicks the 12th Amendment. John Eastman's lawsuit was exactly on point and of course the msdnc media smeared him as some kind of lunatic and again, SCOTUS was too cowardly to act.
So, after spending all of this time reading all of this shit, it is fucking clear to me that the VP as the President of the Senate, has NO AUTHORITY whatsoever to reject anything. If this is to be done, then it is the House and Senate that debates any objections to any certified electoral vote and these two elected bodies are the ones who decide. If both houses come back with the same conclusion, (yes, Arizona's electoral vote certification is fraudulent) then those votes get tossed. If either chamber comes back with opposing conclusions then the votes are accepted. That's how it's done.
So what in the fuck is President Trump talking about and why does he continue to make this an issue?