He had a choice. The lying, double-talking son of a bitch claimed the election certification was "only ceremonial." That in itself is a lie, but let's assume that he is correct, and it really is just ceremonial. In that case, he then has absolutely no reason whatsoever to not perform the "ceremony" by ceremoniously rejecting the votes!
I’m staying open to the possibility that he did what Trump secretly told him to do, even though it would make him wildly unpopular with us.
He had no choice to do anything once Pelosi finagled a fake insurrection into an emergency session. Id say he was in on it with Pelosi though.
He had a choice. The lying, double-talking son of a bitch claimed the election certification was "only ceremonial." That in itself is a lie, but let's assume that he is correct, and it really is just ceremonial. In that case, he then has absolutely no reason whatsoever to not perform the "ceremony" by ceremoniously rejecting the votes!
But then what?
Then the legislation from each state would duke it out based on the numbers having been seen at the Capitol.