the strategic objective of nearly every move by the trump team after the networks called the election for biden on november 7th was to induce republican legislatures in states biden won to seize control of the results and of appoint trump electors instead. every other objective in courtrooms, on state election panels, in the justice department, in the office of the vice president, every other objective was instrumental to that end in the state legislatures. although trump won broad rhetorical support from state legislators for his fictitious u claims of voter fraud, legislators were reluctant to take the radical, concrete step of nullifying the votes of their own citizens despite enormous pressure none of the six contested states put forward an alternate slate of electors for trump. only later as congress prepared to count the electoral votes din legislators in some of those states begin talking unofficially about decertifying the biden electors.
he is definitely one of the people in line for a major gig if republicans win the elections and do well next year. the last time republicans were in control in congress devin nunes was chair of the incredibly powerful intelligence committee. he s in line if they win next year to be the chairman of the ways and means committee, which might be an even more powerful job than running intel. nevertheless as of tonight we learn he is quitting congress all together effective immediately basically, leaving at the end of this month. why would he walk away right now? especially when he is poised toe have some real power? well, because instead of that power in congress, he would apparently prefer to become the ceo of former president trump s new media company. huh. that media company, we also learned today, is under federal investigation by the securities and exchange commission as well as an agency called finra, the financial industry regulatory authority, the latter agency typically investigate
argument that purports to allow state legislators to override the choice of the voters. by way of foundation for all the rest, trump and his party have convinced a dauntingly large number of americans that the essential workings of democracy are corrupt. that made up claims of fraud are true. that only cheating can thwart their victory at the polls. that tyranny has usurped their government. that violence is a legitimate response. any republican might benefit from these mac nations but let s not pretend there is any suspense unless biology intercedes trump will seek and win the republican nomination for president in 2024. the party is in his thrall. no opponent can break it and fen will try. neither will a setback outside politics like indictment or say a disastrous turn in business. neither will those things prevent trump from running. if anything those could redouble his will to power. quote, in nearly every battle space of the war to control the count of the next election, n state h
you a sense of how big an active that challenge is with the united states. here s one little piece of it. the conventional wisdom in washington is at the republican party to take control of congress. at least the house, and next year s election, historically speaking, they have a good chance of doing that. if that happens, that will mean any senior republican, anybody who is the top republican on a committee right now or who used to be a committee chair, the last time republicans were in charge, all top republicans, all leading republicans, are gearing up to take back over and wield power again. under the assumption that they are going to do well in next year s election. particularly being a committee chair, if you are in line for that sort of thing, committee chairs, it s a boring couple of words. but they run the show on capitol hill. they kind of run the legislative branch. so, the republicans who are potentially in line for those leadership jobs, the republicans take control again,
they are raising money, they are planning their staff higher, they are doing all the horse training they need to do among themselves, to maximize the power. they think that they are about to get. it s a really have been to. if you are expecting to your party to take back control, and you are trying to do the thing the powerbrokers are doing once it happens. it kind of depends what happens right now. working towards our next year elections. but contrary to that, in tonight s news, there is news that republican congress men, devin noon s, is quitting congress. now he is definitely one of the people who are in line for a major gig if republicans win the elections and. the last time republicans ran, devin nunes, was in charge of the intelligence committee. he is in line if they win next year to be the chairman of the weigh-ins committee. which might be an even more powerful job than running intel. but nevertheless, we learned