Tag: Mike Pence

Pence, Congress Ignored Alternative Slates of Electors During Joint Session

Vice President Mike Pence did not acknowledge how seven states sent two certificates to Washington, one for President Donald Trump and one for President-elect Joe Biden, during the joint session of Congress. Pence only read off one certificate, for Biden, for the seven states in question: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin….


Trump Attorney Jenna Ellis ‘Deeply Disappointed’ in Pence Amid Electoral Vote Battle

Trump campaign legal adviser Jenna Ellis on Wednesday said that she was “deeply disappointed” in Vice President Mike Pence, who refused to reject disputed electoral votes, saying that he believes he lacks the power to do so under the U.S. Constitution. Pence, the presiding officer of the joint congressional session where electoral votes are formally…


Pence ‘Didn’t Have the Courage’ to Reject Electoral Votes, Trump Says

President Donald Trump has responded to Vice President Mike Pence’s remark about lacking the authority to reject disputed electoral votes, saying that he didn’t have the courage to do what was right. “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a…


Video: Facts Matter (Jan. 5): Trump Says Pence Has ‘Power to Reject Fraudulently Chosen Electors,’ Will he use it?

Yesterday, President Donald Trump said that he has not conceded the presidential race, and called on Vice President Mike Pence to “come through.” In a separate speech, Mike Pence seems to be on the same wavelength. In Los Angeles, the health care system has gotten to the point where paramedics are rationing oxygen. In Texas,…


Trump Calls NYT Report Over Pence’s Comments on Power to Reject Election Results ‘Fake News’

President Donald Trump has challenged the accuracy of a recent New York Times report that said Vice President Mike Pence told the president he lacked the power to block the certification of electoral college votes. The report, which cited anonymous sources, said Pence delivered his assessment about his role on Jan. 6 to the president…


The Vice Presidency Was Created Precisely for This Moment

The world will be watching Vice President Mike Pence in the United States on Jan. 6 when he presides over what will be more than a formal meeting of the Senate and the House of Representatives, part of the process culminating in the presidential inauguration. How fortunate then that providence has given the United States a Vice President of…


How Will Pence Treat the Electoral Envelopes in His Hand?

Commentary As Georgians headed to the polls for the state’s crucial Senate runoffs, a nation anxiously awaits Jan. 6, the date on which the Electoral College votes in our presidential election are to be formally counted. There’s no small amount of confusion and uncertainty over what might take place on that day. That’s partly because,…


Trump: Pence ‘Has the Power to Reject Fraudulently Chosen Electors’

President Donald Trump asserted on Tuesday that Vice President Mike Pence has the power to reject electors that were fraudulently chosen, echoing statements made by his legal team in recent days ahead of Jan. 6’s Joint Session of Congress. “The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors,” Trump wrote on Tuesday in…


Trump Attorney Jenna Elllis Suggests Pence Could Seek Clarity From State Legislatures in Contested States

Trump campaign legal adviser Jenna Ellis on Monday suggested that Vice President Mike Pence could delay the certification of the Electoral College votes and ask the legislatures in six states where the results of the election have been contested which slate of electors should be selected. Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada, are six key…


Trump Attorney Jenna Ellis Suggests Pence Could Seek Clarity From State Legislatures in Contested States

Trump campaign legal adviser Jenna Ellis on Monday suggested that Vice President Mike Pence could delay the certification of the Electoral College votes and ask the legislatures in six states where the results of the election have been contested which slate of electors should be selected. Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada, are six key…