in the house of representatives, it thrown to the house, there was a twist. and trump was fixated on this twist. it was the provision that could theoretically at least keep him in power. while the democrats held the current house majority, the 12th amendment of the constitution stated that the voting on a contested election would not be done by a simple majority vote in the, house instead the amendment says the election vote will be counted in blocks of state delegations, with one vote per state. republicans controlled more delegations, in the house of representatives. meaning, trump would likely win, if the house chamber ended up deciding the victor, based on the pre-scripts of that. former vice president dan quail thought trump's suggestion was preposterous and dangerous. his effort to control events was a dark rube goldberg-like fantasy. and can precipitate a constitutional crisis. mike, you have no flexibility on this.