election vote would 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 prescripts of that amendment. former vice president dan quayle thought trump s suggestion was preposterous and dangerous. trump s effort to cajole pence was a dark rube goldberg like fantasy. quayle believed. quayle told mike sense, quote, mike you have no flexibility on this, none, zero, forget it, put it away. pence said in reply, i know. that s what i ve been trying to tell trump but he really thinks he can. and there are other guys in there saying i ve got this power. i ve interrupted him. you don t, just stop he said. pence pressed again. it was easy for quayle to make a
a twist. and trump was fixated on this twist pence said. it was the provision that could theoretically at least keep trump in power. while the democrats held the current house majority the 12th amendment of the constitution stated voting on a contested election wouldn t be done by a simple majority vote in the house. instead the amendment said the election vote would be counted in blocks 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 prescripts of that amendment. former vice president quail said thought that was preposterous and dangerous. quail told mike pence, quote, mike you have no flexibility on this, none, zero, forget it, put it away. pence said in reply, i know.
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.
into remove him from office. that does not mean they have voted to do that to remove him from office. it just means that s with the election is about. that s with the bow is about. do you remove him from office. presumably, most of the democrats voting in this election vote no on that question. . tomorrow is election day in california. for voters who have not mailed in their ballots tomorrow, and vote. we ll see what that turnout is tomorrow. democrats were given a major scare, by the mid summer polling, in the los angeles times. that showed only 50% of voters, opposing the recall of the governor. in 47% supporting removing the governor from office. those uncomfortably close numbers brought democrats like senator elizabeth warren and vice president kamala harris to california to help campaign for gavin newsom. los angeles times poll released on friday, now shows 60% of likely voters in california,
nominee lost the 2020 election and every minute we spend trying to relitigate that election, number one, it undermines confidence in our democracy and representative government but two, it s a minute that we don t spend talking about the issues that are going to motivate voters in the 2022 election. so the more we talk about this, you know, our audit here in arizona may many popular within the republican party but multiple polls have shown that it s againgeneral election vote. every minute we waste is a minute we don t spend for voters up for grabs in the midterm elections. appreciate both of you very much. thank you for your time. thank you. two democrats demanding answers after cnn learned prosecutors have enough evidence to charge trump s long-time ally tom barrack last year, this has barrack posts a mass sive bail.