Many of President Trump‘s (Trump) supporters were discouraged by his judicial victory in the election after the Texas v. Swing States case was dismissed by the federal high court. However, President Trump himself has repeatedly tweeted his confidence in eventually winning the election. According to The Hill, under federal law, Republican lawmakers challenging electoral votes in Congress on Jan. 6 could help Trump defeat Biden.
George W. Bush Jeremy Mayer, an associate professor of policy and politics at Mason University’s Schar School, recently wrote an article in The Hill, explaining in detail the likely outcome of Biden’s defeat after Republican lawmakers challenge the electoral votes in Congress.
Mayer argued that although the controlling federal law, the Election Count Act (ECA), is more than 100 years old, it has never been used to its full potential and is virtually invisible. However, the ECA will come into play in the joint session of the two chambers this year.
Under the ECA, when a member of the House or Senate challenges a state’s electoral vote results, each chamber will debate the challenge for two hours. Therefore, many people analyze that even if Republican lawmakers challenge the Electoral College voting results in all six swing states, the entire debate will only last 12 hours. And because House Democrats are in the majority and the Senate has some Republicans who do not support Trump, the end result is that the electoral college results in these swing states will still be in effect, thus declaring Biden the winner.
However, after carefully studying the ECA, Meyer talked about how, under the law, Republican lawmakers in both chambers could challenge each elector vote in each state separately, not just the overall Electoral College vote in each state. In addition to swing states, they can also challenge the electoral vote results in all other states, even blue states. This would delay the congressional debate period until Jan. 18.
Meyer said that if the Senate President and Vice President Mike Pence does not announce the results of the electoral college in each state by Jan. 18, then a “snap election” not seen in 200 years in U.S. history will be launched.
According to the Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, in the event of an electoral college deadlock, the House of Representatives will elect the President of the United States on a “one state, one vote” basis. In the 50 states of the United States, the Republican Party currently controls 27 states, the Democratic Party controls only 22 states, so the ultimate winner of the “snap election” is Trump.
In fact, President Trump told his supporters as early as October this year at a campaign rally that the 2020 election could end up “back in Congress”. This means that Trump has long estimated that he will win in the “snap election”.
On Dec. 11, President Trump released a video that again exposed a series of allegations of election fraud in Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Nevada. He called on the American people to contact their state legislators and fight for electoral integrity. He also wrote in all capital letters in a tweet that day, “We’ve just begun the fight!”
Republican Rep. Mo Brooks has repeatedly called on Republican lawmakers to challenge the Electoral College vote results at a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6. Several lawmakers have already responded to his initiative, saying they will join Brooks in challenging the Electoral College vote.
On Dec. 19, President Trump tweeted another cheer for Republicans. He told Republicans that Biden did not win the election, that Biden lost all six swing states and lost badly. He tweeted, “They [Biden and others] injected hundreds of thousands of (fake) votes in every state. Now they’ve been caught. Republican politicians must put up a fight or our great victory will be stolen. Don’t be weak fools!”
President Trump also tweeted the same day praising the exhaustive election fraud investigation report done by White House trade adviser Peter Navarro and said the report was more than enough to charge election fraud and enough to flip Trump. Trump also called on the American people to attend a major protest against election theft in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. He tweeted that Jan. 6 will be a “rocking” day.
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