Pence presides over Biden’s victory confirmation meeting on the 6th
Trump pressured to reveal fences every day
Pence, dreaming of the next presidential power, also complicated political calculations
On the date of the joint meeting, Trump spoke to supporters protesting
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With a joint Senate-Household meeting to certify the results of the presidential electoral vote, US President Donald Trump is raising the level of pressure to Vice President Mike Pence, saying that he could overturn the electoral election results. It is an embarrassing situation for Vice President Pence, who is also contemplating the challenge of the next presidential power, with criticism that President Trump undermining the spirit of the constitution.
President Trump wrote on his Twitter on the 5th that “the vice president has the power to reject the fraudulently chosen electoral group.” In the Georgia campaign the day before, we hope the Pence will do it for us. May our great vice president do it. He said that he was a great man. It means that you are applying pressure one after another. The New York Times (NYT) strongly criticized “President Trump is ignoring the Constitution.”
President Trump is saying that Vice President Pence, who is also the chairman of the Senate, overturns Biden’s victory at a joint meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives to confirm the electoral vote results. Until now, the joint Senate-Household meeting to determine the elected person has been a formal procedure. The vice-president’s role in presiding over the meeting was only to read aloud the results of electoral votes submitted by each state and declare the winners’ final victory.
Since the presidential election in November last year, Vice President Pence has responded relatively passively to President Trump’s protest against the presidential election. But now, it is clear that a decision has to be made. It is unlikely that the election results will be reversed, but in this case, Trump supporters may turn their backs on him in the next election. The Washington Post (WP) said, “The fence will be faced with a’lose-lose’ situation with difficult and probably negative consequences.” In this regard, CNN broadcast cited an anonymous source that Vice President Pence said he did not have the power to overturn the results of the presidential election during a luncheon with President Trump at the White House.
President Trump decided to go to a street demonstration of supporters to give a speech in time for the joint meeting on the 6th. From this day on, supporters held a “save America” protest near the White House, and they plan to march to Congress at 1 pm on the 6th when the joint meeting begins. It is the first time that President Trump attends and speaks in person at a large rally of supporters in Washington, DC after the presidential election. It is an analysis that President Trump, who has continued to disobey after the presidential election, spoke to show off his forces targeting Biden-elect. Concerned about the possible intensification of the protests, Washington DC authorities requested assistance from the National Guard and the Ministry of Defense approved it.
Some Republican lawmakers are also planning to challenge the results of the presidential election at a joint meeting on the 6th. Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Howley decided to challenge the results of their votes in Arizona and Pennsylvania, respectively. Incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler, who was voting for the Georgia Senate, is said to have objected to the results of the Georgia presidential election. However, the public opinion is that there is virtually no possibility that the objection will pass in both houses. The Democratic Party is the majority in the House and the Republican Party in the Senate is led by the Republican Party. “This opposition is almost certain to fail in the Democrat-dominated House and the Republican-led Senate,” said the WP.
/New York = Correspondent Young-pil Kim, reporter Ki-hyuk Kim [email protected]
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