Former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) — stating she has “no faith” Johnson will “fulfill his constitutional obligations” as they pertain to certifying the 2024 election.
In an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday, moderator Kristen Welker — who had just interviewed Johnson moments earlier — brought in Cheney and asked her to weigh in.
“You just heard how the House Speaker answered my questions about whether he would certify the election results,” Welker said. “Do you have faith that this election will be free and fair and that there will be a peaceful transfer of power?”
Cheney proceeded to voice a complete lack of confidence that Johnson would certify the election if former President Donald Trump lost.
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Would not certifying the results mean that Joe Biden would remain as President? If they wanted to fuck around for too long, Biden could resign which would mean his Vice President would become President.
This is correct, and he would have
another 6 years left maximumhowever long he’s alive actually.Term limits only apply to the elections in the US, not time spent in office. The maximum amount of time anyone can spend as president and still be elected is one day less than 6 years.
This is not true. If the speaker refuses to certify the election and neither candidate gets the electoral votes to win, it moves to a contingent election where the House votes for the President and the Senate votes for the vice-president.
Biden will not remain in power, the contingent election would be forced and the House would obviously vote for Trump. Then someone who lost the popular vote and lost the electoral college would miraculously have won the election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contingent_election
Are you sure about that? That happens if they refuse to certify?
How’s that second part?
What?
Term limits only apply to elections?
And why six year max?
IDK why it’s set to six years to be re-elected. It’s probably there for convenience? Of a sort.
If an ex-vice-president served even one minute as acting president, then if the limit was two terms they wouldn’t be able to serve two terms.
If the speaker refuses to certify the election and neither candidate gets the electoral votes to win, it moves to a contingent election where the House votes for the President and the Senate votes for the vice-president.
Biden will not remain in power, the contingent election would be forced and the House would obviously vote for Trump. Then someone who lost the popular vote and lost the electoral college would miraculously have won the election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contingent_election
And we either put several million people on the streets in DC or lose our democracy at that moment.
That said there is something nobody is accounting for. If Trump loses the election the GOP could just abandon him at that point. Declare him the weird intern who only ever did coffee runs.
This is the easiest counter honestly.