were trying to get the justice department, including mark meadows, former president s chief of staff, trying to get the justice department to intervene in overturning election. yeah. so, you know, the you know, merrick garland s got a big job on his hands to clean up after the last four years. congressman schiff, appreciate your time. coming up, west virginia senator joe manchin in the middle of yet another pickly piece of legislation. this time, voting rights. the latest state of play amid the fast-changing landscape infect. next. with extra broccolini. my tuuuurrrrn! tonight.i ll be eating cheesy cauliflower pizza and yummy broccolini! (doorbell rings) thanks. (doorbell rings) thank you. is that my leotard? no. yes. ehh, you can keep it.
December 14, 2020 7:01 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
Members of the Electoral College meet today to officially elect Joe Biden, a moment some Republican lawmakers have targeted as the end of President Donald Trumpâs attempts to overturn the results as far as theyâre concerned.
The constitutionally mandated procedure across the 50 states and the District of Columbia usually passes with little notice. But this year, it may help conclude a chaotic election season punctuated by Trumpâs refusal to concede and his frequent insistence, without evidence, that the vote was âriggedâ against him.
Many prominent Republicans joined the president in declining to recognize Bidenâs victory a month ago, saying Trump had a right to pursue legal challenges. That process will have played out once the electors reach a majority of 270 ballots for Biden. Congress will then officially count the Electoral College votes and declare the winner on Jan. 6.
american people. dana: is mitch mcconnell blocking the progress? the house has different priorities. they want to pass a lot of things the republican senate is not inclined to take out. i agree with donna. they have an agenda and a need to get some things done and put points on the board. the real danger for the democrats, being focused on trying to change the results of the 2016 election. they start to look like they don t care about what s going on with the average american. so i think both parties at some point are going to have a real impetus to sit down and get a few things done so that it doesn t just like it s dysfunctional. dana: the concern, especially when it comes to democrats, the freshman who won and trump districts going into election if she wants to continue to be speaker they ve got to keep those. she s fighting every day to ensure that those democrats are heard but at the same time the country was attacked in 2016. this is not about overturning election. it s a
anybody looks at that would say at least it looks like an attempt or perhaps have a biden insurance policy. this is going to happen when the vice president is on the board. that may just be an appearance of an propriety issue but it still looks bad and they are going to have to litigate that when in the public now. i think it s rich for democrats who have spent endless months of times it seems over the last few years trying to investigate and reinvestigate and relitigate every aspect emoluments clause, thou they are saying what s corruption and ukraine. it is because that provide in a party, it doesn t mean that laws were broken, maybe we should see. bret: semiquickly this day, if you re sitting on the couch, what does it mean? for me it just means you go back to jerry nadler, he says if you re going to get on the impeachment probe, a year ago, this is like overturning election, we have to have bipartisan support, even from