‘The Threat Remains’: Trump’s Path to Overturning a 2024 Defeat - POLITICO
10/20/24.EVIL FEAR PORNlook at the picture. Crazy Sick!
Here is where Trump loyalists could try to seize power for their defeated candidate.
It begins with whoever is the speaker of the House. Though Rep. Mike Johnson holds the job today, he’s no lock to win renewed support from his restive Republican conference. Trump would once again likely play kingmaker, with the power to extract promises for his endorsement. In a scenario in which Trump is still challenging the election, a commitment to side with him during the Jan. 6 session of Congress would be at the top of his list.
If Republicans can’t resolve the speaker fight before Jan. 6 — which was nearly the case in 2023, when Kevin McCarthy claimed the gavel after 15 votes and three days of infighting — itwould usher in another kind of unprecedented crisis: a leadership vacuum that would complicate the ability of Congress to convene on Jan. 6 altogether. No one knows what would happen in that scenario, but congressional aides and lawyers are beginning to contemplate strategies for even the wildest contingencies.
Now assume Johnson retakes the gavel. Though Harris will preside,the session occurs in Johnson’s chamber, where the speaker holds significant sway.
Johnson has not yet telegraphed how he will handle the joint session. Johnson was a key ally in Trump’s 2020 bid to reverse the election results — including on Jan. 6, 2021, when Johnson backed challenges to Biden’s presidential electors.In recent interviews, the Louisianan has said he intends to “follow the Constitution” and federal law.Left unsaid: whether Johnson’s interpretation of the Constitution would comport with Eastman and Chesebro or with the mainstream legal community. His office has declined repeated requests to clarify his view on the Electoral Count Act and whether he considers it binding on Congress.
If Johnson believes,like Eastman, that the laws governing the joint session are unconstitutional, he could assert unprecedented authority to affect the process— all under the guise of following the Constitution. That could include taking steps to ensure that pro-Trump electors embraced by state legislatures get an up-or-down vote, even if they conflict with slates endorsed by governors.It could include permitting hours of floor time to air theories of voter fraud, while holding the presidency in limbo. (It's always been hours and sometimes a day or two).
It could also include lobbying allies to reject pro-Harris electors in order to prevent either candidate from receiving 270 Electoral College votes. And it could also include simply gaveling the House out of session to prevent the joint session from continuing. Each move would likely trigger intense legal battles, putting the courts — and most likely the Supreme Court — in the position of deciding how to resolve unprecedented power plays by the most prominent actors in government.
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Politico devising theories how Harris can be shoved in by the left? Why did they even do this, except to plan another Fedsurrection