By Ted Belman. (4:00 AM Jan 4/21)
Its hard to be optomistic that Trump will secure his second term.
Yes the Republican objectors are now reputed to be in the range of 140 reps and they have been joined by maybe 10 Senators.. These Senators led by Cruz have asked for a 10-day Elections Commission. Its not clear if they want to postpone the vote on Jan 6 or not. If not, this commission is not intended to change the current certification.
On top of that both Tom Fitton and Sydney Powell have both estimated that chances of success are minimal.
To make matters worse, Tom Cotton stands up against electoral challengers and Paul Ryan Blasts Republicans Challenging Biden Electors: “Joe Biden’s Victory Is Entirely Legitimate.”
Seven Days in January? All Living Former Secretaries of Defense Warn Trump Over Election Fight January 4, 2021.
So where is the hope?
Mark Serrano on the War Room told everyone to push legislators in swing states to ask for more time. He said that legal experts tell him its possible to extend the Jan 6th date but I don’t know how. Without an extension the swing states can still decertify Biden’s electoral votes on Jan 4th, 5th and 6th. Maybe even the 7th i.e. before the certification is finalized. But time is running out.
They just have to decide to meet and do it. So far they haven’t done so.
You know that I have taken the position that Jan 6th is a distraction.
Instead I have embraced what Simon Parkes and Mudar Zahran have told me about things going “to get ugly “and “it will be bigger than a three-ring circus”
Lin Wood
@LLinWood
Since you cannot trust Communist propagandists of mainstream media to even give you an honest weather forecast, I thought I would provide you with next week’s weather forecast map. Sure looks like a storm is headed our way . . .
I think that Trump will take charge either under the Insurrection Act, if sufficient, or declaring Martial Law if necessary. His agenda will be to
- 1delay the approval of the certification long enough to get three states (PA, GA, WI or AZ) to decertify Biden Votes
- Alternatively to give time for the USSC to decide the four cases before it
- to enable the arrest of many tens of thousands of conspirators.
The Still Report just did a video titled Trump doesn’t have a Plan B. He only has a Plan.
@PatrickByrne
Folks, I’m going to tell you a bit more about what is happening. Not everything. But I can’t Live with myself if I keep waiting for the forces of law and order and government to do what they should.
For 28 years the “RINO” have been nothing to the republicans and the republic but Trojan horses!
The “insurrection act”!
The rule of the mob is the rule. But it always was, wasn’t it?
@ Ted Belman:
I agree. Trump seems to be very certain of the outcome in this struggle. I can’t believe he would stop the transition process if he were not certain of the outcome. Also, China seems to be reading the tea leaves with their posturing and openly threatening comments in past few days. If they were certain of their Manchurian Idiot they would just sit quietly and let things play out. Trump seems certain of victory. I trust in him, and hope he is successful.
@ drjb:
DRJB, I seriously doubt that Ted is dreaming.
@ Bear Klein:
I disagree entirely. Apparently the Jan 6 vote may be postponed for 10 days according to Gena Ellis. If so the swing states will be in session and will be able to decertify the votes for Biden. That’s one option. So watch for Pence to postpone..
Pence could also count all the votes from the swing states. This will result in litigation thereby achieving a sufficient delay. GA is in session on Jan 11/21
The only purpose of the hearing is to lay out all the fraud for the American People.. No one thinks the vote will favour Trump because the Dems will not budge. Therefore Trump has another plan.
I still believe that Trump will find a way to a second term.
You are two pessimistic.
Ted,
there is NO hope
stop dreaming about martial law, insurrection act, etc, etc, are you delusional???
@ Bear Klein: True.
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10 former Pentagon chiefs warn Trump not to drag military into election fraud claims
“Efforts to involve the US armed forces in resolving election disputes would take us into dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory,” they write in response to op-ed that questioned Trump’s willingness to hand over power.
In an extraordinary rebuke of US President Donald Trump, all 10 living former secretaries of defense are cautioning against any move to involve the military in pursuing claims of election fraud, arguing that it would take the country into “dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory.”
The 10 men, both Democrats and Republicans, signed on to an opinion article published Sunday in The Washington Post that implicitly questioned Trump’s willingness to follow his Constitutional duty to peacefully relinquish power on Jan. 20. Following the Nov. 3 election and subsequent recounts in some states, as well as unsuccessful court challenges, the outcome is clear, they wrote, while not specifying Trump in the article.
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“The time for questioning the results has passed; the time for the formal counting of the electoral college votes, as prescribed in the Constitution and statute, has arrived,” they wrote.
The former Pentagon chiefs warned against use of the military in any effort to change the outcome.
“Efforts to involve the US armed forces in resolving election disputes would take us into dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory,” they wrote. “Civilian and military officials who direct or carry out such measures would be accountable, including potentially facing criminal penalties, for the grave consequences of their actions on our republic.”
A number of senior military officers, including Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have said publicly in recent weeks that the military has no role in determining the outcome of US elections and that their loyalty is to the Constitution, not to an individual leader or a political party.
The 10 former Pentagon leaders also warned in their Post article of the dangers of impeding a full and smooth transition at Defense Department prior to Inauguration Day as part of a transfer to power to President-elect Joe Biden. Biden has complained of efforts by Trump-appointed Pentagon officials to obstruct the transition.
Without mentioning a specific example, the former defense secretaries wrote that transfers of power “often occur at times of international uncertainty about US national security policy and posture,” adding, “They can be a moment when the nation is vulnerable to actions by adversaries seeking to take advantage of the situation.”
Tensions with Iran represent just such a moment. Sunday marked one year since the US killing of Qassem Soleimani, the top Iranian general; Iran has vowed to avenge the killing, and US officials said in recent days that they are on heightened alert for potential Iranian attack on US forces or interests in the Middle East.
In a further sign of US-Iranian tension, the acting secretary of defense, Christopher Milller, announced Sunday evening that he has changed his mind about sending the Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, home from the Middle East and instead will keep the vessel on duty. Just last week, Miller announced that he was sending the Nimitz home, a decision that had been opposed by senior military officers.”
In reversing himself, Miller cited “recent threats issued by Iranian leaders against President Trump and other US government officials.” He did not elaborate, and the Pentagon did not respond to questions.
The opinion article in the Post was signed by Dick Cheney, William Perry, Donald Rumsfeld, William Cohen, Robert Gates, Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel, Ash Carter, James Mattis and Mark Esper. Mattis was Trump’s first defense secretary; he resigned in 2018 and was succeeded by Esper, who was fired just days after the Nov. 3 election.
The Post reported that the idea for writing the opinion piece began with a conversation between Cheney and Eric Edelman, a retired ambassador and former senior Pentagon official, about how Trump might seek to use the military in coming days.
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Ted, they do not have enough votes to stop Biden from becoming POTUS. This is a protest period at the political level.