ensure biden would not secured the need 270 vote during the certification, and push the election to a vote in the house of representation. if thrown to the, house there was a choice. and trump was fixated on the twins, pence said. it was the provision that, theoretically at, least could keep trump in power. while the democrats held the current house majority, the 12th amendment of the constitution stated that the vote on a contested election could not be done by a simple majority in the. house instead the amendment says that the election votes could be counted in blocks of state delegations, with one vote percy. republicans controlled more delegations in the house of representatives, meaning trump would likely win if the house chambers, and it up deciding the victor. based on the prescriptive that amendment. former vice president dan quail thought trump suggestion was profile interest and dangerous. trump s effort to control pence was a dark rude goldberg like fantasy, and could partic
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.
electoral college, throw the whole thing into an election under the 12th amendment and get himself named president. they had 27 state delegations. they would have had i think 26 votes. i don t think liz cheney would have cast it from wyoming for hem. but that s where it was going. that was the coup inside the insurrection of inside the riot that was taking place outside. congressman jamie raskin, we will keep having you on throughout this process. thank you so much for joining us tonight. that is all in for this thursday night. the rachel maddow show starts now with ali velshi in for rachel. good evening, ali. good evening, chris. have yourself a good evening and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. rachel is on a much-deserved vacation. well, this was the announcement in the newspaper two days after christmas in 1901. under an all caps headline, vaccination in boston. notwithstanding the fact that some 400,000 people have been
12th amendments, and get himself name president. they had 27 state delegations, they only had 27 votes. i don t think liz cheney would ve cast that from wyoming for him. that s where it was going. that was the co-answering the insurrection the riot that was taken place outside. taken place outside. that is all in for this thursday night. the rachel maddow show starts now with ali velshi in for rachel. good evening, ali. good evening, chris. have yourself a good evening and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. rachel is on a much deserved vacation. well, this was the announcement in the newspaper two days after christmas in 1901. under an all caps headline, vaccination in boston. quote, notwithstanding the fact that some 400,000 people have
that includes demolishing our democracy, they are using these voter restriction bills to try to take back control of congress from democrats in the mid-term election. and if they do that, and if the 2024 presidential election is at all close, they will be in a position to not recognize the outcome, throw the election to the house and potentially allow the republicans who control the majority of state delegations to seat trump. this would be the end of american democracy. i wrote this last week, i hope i m wrong, nobody has told me why i m wrong. this is actually a very plausible, very dangerous scenario. so i would say to senator manchin, you can choose either before saving the fiibuster or