President Trump not conceding the steal will be the most brilliant moves he's done.
But the fat lady has done sung. Electoral College makes it offical. Joe Biden will be our next president with 306 electoral votes. Nothing left for Trampers but rioting and crying.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden on Monday as the nation’s next president, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost.
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No...Trump still has a couple of cards to play..
Packing
The only card Trump has left to play is how he choses to leave the White House, gracious or being escorted out by the Secret Service.
Don't be so sure, buster! An obscure congressional committee has opened yet another pathway for President Trump to be reelected. It's the Joint Congressional Committee On Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC). There are 6 members on the committee. Charman Roy Blount (R-MO), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).
The committee was formed in the early 20th century, in accordance with the 20th Amendment.
The first order of business for the committee is to
always pass a resolution declaring that so-and-so is the "President Elect". Steny Hoyer put forth that resolution at the committee's first meeting, and for the first time in the JCCIC's history, it resulted in a 3-3 tie. The motion
failed. The inauguration committee did not recognize Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as President Elect and Vice President Elect.
The 20th Amendment includes this clause:
Section 3 "the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such a person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified."
We could end up in a scenario by which Donald Trump serves as "acting president" until the election issues are sorted out, no matter how many weeks or months that requires. There are still pathways open for President Trump's second term.