Down thread:Just realized something about the Ron Johnson episode that escaped notice yesterday. Johnson’s chief said he had to rush the false Wisconsin and Michigan certificates to Pence because the National Archives “didn’t receive them.”
But that’s not true.
So it appears RonJohn’s chief either misled Pence’s staff — or was misled himself — about whether the Archives’ received of the false elector certificates.
I believe he is the GOP party director or some such thing in Wisconsin, connected to Johnson.
Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 @RonFilipkowski wrote: Trump employee Devin Nunes says if Republicans retake the House, they should launch a “whole host of investigations, especially of the J6 Committee for “doctoring evidence” and “manipulating people.”
Thank you!raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 11:01 amI believe he is the GOP party director or some such thing in Wisconsin, connected to Johnson.
Rep. Jamie Raskin told reporters that the original Jan. 6 hearings "would have wrapped up in June, but we are picking up new evidence on a daily basis with enormous velocity." "The schedule is fluid," added Rep. Stephanie Murphy.
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I bet Pence would have ignored that info as the only legal votes are those he received in sealed boxes from the National Archive. But it would have left said GQP representant looking really stupid like ignorant of the procedures.Kendra wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 10:23 am https:// twitter.com/costareports/status/1539418226651762695Per the senator, a House intern, name unknown, was able to get a packet of information on electors, author unknown, to the chief of staff of a powerful GOP senator. His. Who then nearly delivered it to the Vice President of the United States to consider.
I may be misremembering, and I'll see if I can find the video, but I think I watched Ron Johnson state that's how trump lost Wisconsin. A lot of Rs skipped the presidential race and voted down ballot.roadscholar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:54 am28,000 GA voters skipped the presidential race, but voted down-ballot, which was enough to give the state to Biden.
Pretty sure that was 28K people who still wanted to vote for their local Rs but had been so disgusted by T-Rump they couldn’t bring themselves to vote for him and certainly couldn’t vote Biden, so there you go.
x4 Analysis in AZ found that 60k Republican voters (meaning, they had voted for at least half Republicans in down ballot races) did NOT vote for tfg.Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 11:27 amI may be misremembering, and I'll see if I can find the video, but I think I watched Ron Johnson state that's how trump lost Wisconsin. A lot of Rs skipped the presidential race and voted down ballot.roadscholar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:54 am28,000 GA voters skipped the presidential race, but voted down-ballot, which was enough to give the state to Biden.
Pretty sure that was 28K people who still wanted to vote for their local Rs but had been so disgusted by T-Rump they couldn’t bring themselves to vote for him and certainly couldn’t vote Biden, so there you go.
So, Ron Johnson’s intern decided to commit sedition on his own and present a fake slate of electors for two states to the Vice President of the US in an attempt to subvert the will of the voters and install Trump to the presidency without his boss’s knowledge? That’s the story?
NEWS: Bennie Thompson tells us that after Thursday, the select committee will resume hearings in July. The panel is reassessing its schedule after significant new tranches of evidence have arrived — including documentary footage, NARA productions and new tips.
I remember skipping a governor race one year because I could not vote for the idiot dem candidate and I would not vote for Engler.
Thompson said he has already viewed some of the footage provided by Holder, who is slated to privately speak with the select committee Thursday, though he hasn’t seen all of it yet. He described Holder’s footage as “important” but declined to elaborate.
What ought Pence do with a slate of electors, to note uncertified by the Secretary of StateKendra wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 12:27 pm https:// twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1539643047306469376So, Ron Johnson’s intern decided to commit sedition on his own and present a fake slate of electors for two states to the Vice President of the US in an attempt to subvert the will of the voters and install Trump to the presidency without his boss’s knowledge? That’s the story?
He needs votes eg a number, not names. Even when the fake ones were intended to be a substitue for "disqualified" real votes, by objection members of Congress.
Nah. He would never believe that.northland10 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 1:01 pmI remember skipping a governor race one year because I could not vote for the idiot dem candidate and I would not vote for Engler.
I suspect the Republicans not voting on the Presidential ticket rubs Trump worse than Biden receiving more votes. It is a betrayal.
Slightly offtopic, but also on. I listened to a season of the podcast American Scandal about Iran-Contra and the hearings that followed. George H.W. Bush pardoned Caspar Weinberger, who had been indicted for lying to Congress and obstructing justice. Just days before the presidential election, a superseding indictment charged Weinberger with conduct which, if true, directly contradicted stuff Bush had said publicly. One of the DOJ prosecutors was interviewed on the podcast, and he said that while the pardon itself was valid, the fact of the pardon could be considered obstruction of justice if the DOJ could show that the pardon was offered in exchange for silence. Apparently, the potential for pardons was bandied about quite a bit in the last days of the Bush presidency (as in all presidencies, I imagine).
NEW: Trump pressured DOJ to falsely declare that the 2020 election was corrupt and investigate discredited claims of election fraud, Jan. 6 committee expected to show at fifth hearing tomorrow — and could raise Scott Perry pardon request.
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