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Trump: Pence Must 'Come Through for Us' on Electoral Count in Congress

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Vice President Mike Pence said that he has no power to reverse Donald Trump’s re-election defeat, defying the president’s demands that he unilaterally reject Electoral College votes from contested states during a congressional session Wednesday.
“It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not,” Pence said in a letter to Congress preceding the event.
Pence will preside over what is usually a pro forma joint congressional session to count Electoral College votes and certify the winner. But Trump’s continued insistence that widespread election fraud cost him victory has turned the event into a drama expected to stretch hours as his allies challenge votes from contested states.
Trump called on Pence to “do the right thing” during a rally before thousands of his supporters in Washington ahead of the congressional session.
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“It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not,” Pence said in a letter to Congress preceding the event.
Pence will preside over what is usually a pro forma joint congressional session to count Electoral College votes and certify the winner. But Trump’s continued insistence that widespread election fraud cost him victory has turned the event into a drama expected to stretch hours as his allies challenge votes from contested states.
Trump called on Pence to “do the right thing” during a rally before thousands of his supporters in Washington ahead of the congressional session.
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