Loading ...“We’re Not Going To Allow Them To Steal It”: Raskin Repeats Trump-Like Reservation On Accepting Election Results
On Bill Maher’s HBO Show on Friday, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) appeared to repeat his reservation about accepting a Trump win in the presidential election. Raskin said that Democrats will only support a “free and fair election.” Trump was widely criticized for the same position when he said “If everything’s honest, I’ll gladly accept the results.”
Raskin previously said that he would not guarantee certifying Trump and that, if he wins, he may be declared as disqualified by Congress:
“It’s going to be up to us on January 6th, 2025 to tell the rampaging Trump mobs that he’s disqualified. And then we need bodyguards for everybody and civil war conditions.”
“When I say we will support a free and fair election, no, we we’re not going to allow them to steal it in the states, or steal it in the Department of Justice or steal it with any other election official in the country.
If it’s a free and fair election, we will do what we’ve always done. We will honor it.”
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What Happens After Election Day? with Marc Elias, Rep. Jamie Raskin and Brian Tyler Cohen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
oooooo…..there is a lot of “hate speech” in this video
Putting in place the backup story in case the steal doesn’t work — so while Trump might win — the Democrat machine will do absolutely EVERYTHING imaginable to ensure that he is never inaugurated!
On Jan 6 2025 it’s still the present House which is still a 7 seat Red Majority…so they can veto any challenge as far as I know
Raskin is saying that the new Congress (after this election on Tuesday) is inaugurated on January 3 — before the election results are certified as final.
The implication being that the Democrats expect to win a majority in Congress — they will then install their own leader of congress and this majority will vote that Donald Trump is an insurrectionist and ineligible to hold the Office of the President so that on Jan 6, 2025 he cannot be certified by the Electoral College and therefore unable to serve as President.
My guess is that the sham in New York will also be finalized before then sentencing Trump to 1000 years in jail for an accounting issue and that will be used to portray him as a felony criminal as well as an insurrectionist.
Therefore they will void the US Election results via having control of the house while Joe Biden is still president for his last 2-3 days.
This has been discussed on the internet for several months so, if it unfolds, it is not news but an executed strategy.
OK But is the Senate also sworn in on the 3rd ?
Because as I understand it BOTH Senate and House must agree to NOT certify if there is a challenge each votes seperately and they must both agree to the challenge .
The Senate will almost certainly Flip to Republican
West Virginia is a Lock to flip…that makes it 50 50 and apprently Montana is a sure flip as well as maybe Ohio and Mich and Wis and Penn ( all close races )
Rarely does a State split the vote and Vote One Party for Prez and another for Senate
Then what about Kamala
If the new Senate is sworn in does she get a vote ?
She presides ( a figure head) but does she get a vote ?
it’s all moot if the Reds win the House…thats gonna be close…but again Trump could carry the close races dow ballot too
Crazy shit
Furthermore looking at this thread…looks like the Speaker could become interim President….god forbid Hakim jeffries ….but reading further they would likely have to certify Vance as he is not a felon and he would become President…with full pardon authority one would suspect
will be messy one way or the other and likely involve the Supreme Court
Best case scenario is win the House
Reading more on the certification process
Congress passed a law in 2022 changing the process
1…The VP is only a cerimonial leader of the process with no vote and no power …so thats a W
2…it takes 20% of EACH The House and the Senate to challenge the Electors from the states .
Then there is a debate in the full House and seprately in the full Senate and a majority of BOTH need to agree to NOT certify said electors
Nowhere does it say they can challennge the President they are about to elect
They can only challenge the electors on legal grounds…Ie there was perhaps fraud in a certain States Process or their own rules were not followed
BUT the 3rd part of the new Election Certification Law is that ALL legal challenges are considered resolved before the date of the Congress Certification .
So from this interpretation the Raskin Plan fails on multiple levels.
They need BOTH the Senate and House to agree to a chalenge against a states Selected Electors ( not against the President Elect directly )
Any contitutional scolars want to smarten me up..I’m just a Dumb Canuck trying to understand what all this fuss is about
To me this looks Undoable for this little schmuck Raskin….