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Here's how it goes down if the House of Representatives decides the 2020 Presidential election.
The Electoral College really controls who becomes president, and it takes 270 or more of those electors' votes to win. If neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden reaches that number, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could become America's first woman president, at least temporarily.
How could that happen? Title 3, United States Code 19 commands it.
As Rep. Tom Massie (R-KY) told CBN News, "That's what happened in 1800 between Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson."
Their popularity was so evenly split, it took the House voting 36 times before Jefferson narrowly won over Burr.
Fast-forward to 2020. Elections authority Spakovsky explained that if neither Trump nor Biden gets a majority of the Electoral votes, the House of Representatives picks whether Biden or Trump wins.
Continued - President Pelosi? The US House Choosing the Next President? How it Could Happen
The Electoral College really controls who becomes president, and it takes 270 or more of those electors' votes to win. If neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden reaches that number, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could become America's first woman president, at least temporarily.
How could that happen? Title 3, United States Code 19 commands it.
As Rep. Tom Massie (R-KY) told CBN News, "That's what happened in 1800 between Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson."
Their popularity was so evenly split, it took the House voting 36 times before Jefferson narrowly won over Burr.
Fast-forward to 2020. Elections authority Spakovsky explained that if neither Trump nor Biden gets a majority of the Electoral votes, the House of Representatives picks whether Biden or Trump wins.
Continued - President Pelosi? The US House Choosing the Next President? How it Could Happen