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demmiblue

(36,898 posts)
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 09:46 PM Jan 2021

Judge throws out lawsuit that asked Pence to overthrow the election

Source: WXYZ Detroit/AP

A lawsuit filed by Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert to compel Vice President Mike Pence to alter how the Electoral College votes are counted has been thrown out by a federal judge.

The judge said that Gohmert lacked standing to bring the lawsuit against Pence.

Earlier on Friday, the Justice Department asked a federal judge to dismiss the last-gasp lawsuit that seeks to give Vice President Mike Pence the power to overturn the results of the presidential election won by Joe Biden when Congress formally counts the Electoral College votes next week.

Pence, as president of the Senate, will oversee the Wednesday session and declare the winner of the White House race. The Electoral College this month cemented Biden’s 306-232 victory, and multiple legal efforts by President Donald Trump’s campaign to challenge the results have failed.

Read more: https://www.wxyz.com/news/national/judge-throws-out-lawsuit-that-asked-pence-to-overthrow-the-election



Lol... they used the fly picture!


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Judge throws out lawsuit that asked Pence to overthrow the election (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 2021 OP
Republicans are LOOOOSERS Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 #1
Gohmert's lawsuit was dismissed Gothmog Jan 2021 #2
I'm trying to think of sports teams that had worse records then these dumb Trumpers. WhoWoodaKnew Jan 2021 #3
The worst losing streak in NCAA football (Northwestern) was 34 games...... groundloop Jan 2021 #4
PYLE! Blue Owl Jan 2021 #5
Kick for Original Skeptical Thomas Jan 2021 #6
Kicking. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2021 #7
It's hard to believe Pence even wanted this suit FakeNoose Jan 2021 #8
Kick ck4829 Jan 2021 #9

groundloop

(11,525 posts)
4. The worst losing streak in NCAA football (Northwestern) was 34 games......
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 11:19 PM
Jan 2021

so the GOPer idiots are far ahead of that record.

FakeNoose

(32,786 posts)
8. It's hard to believe Pence even wanted this suit
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 05:10 PM
Jan 2021

Why would he want to give Chump 4 more years? He just spent 4 miserable soul-sucking years with that asshole, now it's finally over!


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