Rand Paul is my hero.
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The last line of defense, after Sen. Paul proposed sending it back to the states and that failed, was Pence. VP Pence was the kingpin deal maker. Read his defense on twitter, and recognize that he has already faced three threats on his life, and one on his wife's!
He believed it would set a bad precedent to remove the rights of states to certify elections, and the evidence of fraud was not up for debate in the Senate. (Nor was sending it back to the states, nor did he have a House member willing to pair up with him to object , any one of these would have been a way to accomplish the goal of denying certification Constitutionally.) The Tenth Amendment had already taken enough hits from prior presidents.
BillyJoe@BJisATtheBEACH (on twitter thread) gets it: "People here are missing the point of certification. Certification is not to weigh in on the legality of anything! Rather, certification is to AFFIRM STATES’ RIGHTS TO RUN THEIR OWN ELECTIONS. And this is done REGARDLESS OF ANY (state level) UNCONSTITUTIONALITY."
It was the state legislatures' responsibility to reclaim their rights and remove if necessary the governors involved, or secretaries of state.
https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1346936083351793665
Well then, what is the point of having a certification vote if it is merely formality?
Good point. The point is to affirm the rule of law. Sen. Paul was concerned about the precedent (Could Congress or a federal agency then dictate to the states how elections are run? e.g. Could the feds ban voter ID rules, in person voting...counting on Election Day alone) that would be set if they chose to decertify and the lack of a House member to support his proposal of sending the certification back to the states' legislatures limited his options because of Congressional rules in relation to elections.