To hear the mainstream media and bleeding-heart liberals tell it, Republicans who plan to object to Electoral College votes in the 2020 presidential election are all but committing treason.
In a joint session of Congress in January 2001, Rep. Alcee Hastings objected to the Electoral College votes from Florida, which that year put then-Gov. George W. Bush of Texas over the magic 270 number.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee also objected, saying: "It is in writing and it is signed by myself on behalf of my diverse constituents and the millions of Americans who have been disenfranchised by Florida's inaccurate vote count." Then Rep. Maxine Waters blatantly disregarded the rules.
In a rare moment of maturity, 2000 election loser Al Gore - who presided over the joint session before growing a beard and disappearing into the wilderness - dressed Mrs. Waters down, saying: "The chair will advise that the rules do care." Things were different in 2005, after Mr. Bush won re-election over Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts by an electoral vote of 286-251.
Mr. Bush had won 20 crucial Electoral College votes in Ohio in his hunt for 270, winning the Buckeye State by just more than 118,000 of the 5.6 million votes cast.
On Jan. 6, 2017, PBS wrote: "House Democrats objected to the votes from at least 10 states, raising issues of voter suppression as well as American intelligence showing that Russia tried to sway the election in favor of Trump. In each case, their objections were denied because they didn't have the support of any senators." The mechanism to object is clear.
The Electoral Count Act of 1887 provides members of Congress a pathway to legally object to electoral votes under the U.S. Constitution, as it should.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/5/ignore-the-histrionics-democrat-lawmakers-have-obj/
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