26 Aug 2023 9:17 am
There you go, what is an insurrection?roadkill » 26 Aug 2023, 9:04 am » wrote: ↑ You could have saved time if you knew it was NOT and insurrection.
We do agree it did not spark a Great Rebellion, where seven states formally succeeded.
She we use Webster?
insurrectionnoun
in·sur·rec·tion ˌin(t)-sə-ˈrek-shən
Synonyms of insurrection
: an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
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Evidence:
Encyclopedia Britannica
In October 2020, about a month before the general election, Trump tested positive for the virus. As the president underwent medical treatment, Pence assumed a greater role in the reelection campaign. In the November election Biden and Harris were declared the winners, though the Trump-Pence ticket challenged the results, alleging voter fraud. However, no evidence was presented to back these claims, and by early December all states had certified the results. Pence subsequently faced pressure from Trump to block Congress’s certification of the election, which was scheduled to take place on January 6, 2021. That day Pence released a letter in which he stated that he would not try to overturn the results, noting that he lacked the “unilateral authority” to throw out electors, a false claim that the president had repeatedly advanced. Shortly thereafter Congress began the certification process, but it was halted when Trump supporters, who had just attended a rally with the president, stormed the Capitol. Pence was taken to a secure location, and some of the attackers were heard saying that he should be hanged. The siege lasted for several hours, but Pence and Congress eventually reconvened, and Biden’s win was certified.
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If organizing seven states to send false certificates of Ascertainment to the National Archives and then a mob storming the Capitol when the Vice President refused go along with the revolt isn’t insurrection what is, insurrection?
And further, can we at least agree Mike Pence is not disqualified. He refused to count the seven false certificates and only counted the real ones. Plus he nearly got hung by the insurrectionists for his refusal, on a gallows set up outside.