{"id":1258026,"date":"2022-01-31T10:52:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T15:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1258026"},"modified":"2022-01-31T10:52:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T15:52:36","slug":"trump-blasts-bipartisan-effort-to-strengthen-the-electoral-count-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blasts-bipartisan-effort-to-strengthen-the-electoral-count-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Blasts Bipartisan Effort To Strengthen The Electoral Count Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-blasts-bipartisan-effort-to-strengthen-the-electoral-count-act%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1258026&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump blasted a bipartisan effort to strengthen the Electoral Count Act, saying that it was proof that former Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to overturn the results of the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Vice President (Mike Pence) had \u2018absolutely no right\u2019 to change the Presidential election results in the Senate, despite fraud and many other irregularities, how come the Democrats and RINO Republicans, like Wacky Susan Collins, are desperately trying to pass legislation that will not allow the Vice President to change the results of the election?\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSBNetwork\/status\/1487938986110861314?s=20&amp;t=VUhfcwmllXKZCgnFZ3dj3w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActually, what they are saying, is that Mike Pence did have the right to change the outcome, and they now want to take that right away,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7093793\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7093793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then-Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi preside over a Joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 Electoral College results on January 6, 2021. (ERIN SCHAFF\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump\u2019s statement comes after a bipartisan group of more than a dozen senators began meeting to discuss possible reforms to the 1887 law, which dictates how Congress counts and certifies Electoral College results.<\/p>\n<p>Senators from both parties, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, have signaled support for reforming the law to safeguard further elections, and their comments came after Democrats in Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/19\/senate-caps-history-making-day-rejecting-filibuster-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unsuccessfully tried to pass federal voting legislation<\/a>&nbsp;in response to election overhaul bills that Republicans passed in multiple states. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/13\/house-passes-two-democratic-voting-bills-quirk-skirt-one-filibuster-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: House Passes Two Democratic Voting Bills \u2013 With A Quirk That Allows Them To Skirt One Filibuster Vote)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s statement is not the first time that he has asserted that Pence had the authority to change the election results as he presided over Congress\u2019 certification. John Eastman, one of Trump\u2019s lawyers, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/21\/memo-outlines-donald-trump-lawyers-plan-overturn-bidens-victory-january-6\/\">presented a memo<\/a> to Trump and Pence last year articulating Trump\u2019s claims, urging the then-vice president to reject electors from specific states.<\/p>\n<p>Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, one of the two Republican lawmakers on the Jan. 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/30\/house-of-representatives-capitol-riot-donald-trump-nancy-pelosi-kevin-mccarthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">select committee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Liz_Cheney\/status\/1488114406651219970?s=20&amp;t=_NMUogJWzcXVsfULeYw-Dg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> that Trump\u2019s statement was evidence that he would \u201cdo it all again if given the chance,\u201d referring to his effort to reverse President Joe Biden\u2019s victory.&nbsp;Cheney was joined by Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamKinzinger\/status\/1487966555011010565?s=20&amp;t=CPMqAyprKrdUZIzaE_LO3A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> that GOP lawmakers must \u201cpick a side\u2026 Trump or the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no middle ground on defending our nation anymore,\u201d Kinzinger said.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump blasted a bipartisan effort to strengthen the Electoral Count Act, saying that it was proof that former Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to overturn &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1258026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1258026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1258026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1258026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1258026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}