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Kr sten Welker said on ory 3, 2:20, Holt, 6.11M) that Trunip “falsely tweetfed Tuesday], ‘The Vice President has the power fo rejec fraudul lently chosen electors.’ But under the Constitution, Pence cannot change the election results. His role tomorrow will B Be largely ceremonial. A persan close to him telling NBC News, ‘Don’t expect any surprises,’ a, ‘The Vice President thinks it is his job te follow the Canstitution and the law.” : 3 {4/5, Kurnar, 6. 73M) reports Trump “has privately acknowledged ne fast the presidency” and “recogruzes Congress will formally certify the results on Wednesday. Fo one person, Trump even confided he was ‘just disappointed we lost.’ ... Sometimes, Trump does sti lapse back inte the belef that maybe, just maybe, he could sormehow eke out a win, most often when listening to his small group of lawyers. ... But mostly, he is continuing his fight to subvert the» election for & Tras mpi an reason: to orcept th € attention on hi imiself and give his supporters what they | According to the ! : i , Freking), Republicans “who are orchestrating a fas st-gasp attempt te overt urn” Bi iden’ s victory * “have not settled on a full strategy ahead of 'Wednesday’s joint session. ... Those Republi iCaNS leading the longshot effort ine angress are stil deciding the details of their strategy.” The i : (1/5, 20.8M) reports Sens. Ted Cruz -(R-TX) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL} are expected to object to the ce artifi 161 ‘of Anzona’s electors, Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) to those of Georgia, end Sen. Jesh Hawley (R-MO} to those of Pennsylvania. The challenges “were all but certain to fail amid bipartisan opposition, But their cecision to join House Republicans in seeking to overturn the election viene that Sores would - | unti Tuesday, Cruz “had declined to aM) wae a pee 8 at would be \ unprecedented i in modern American history. vee “Trump “royalists in the » Senate and House have cast “Froud alles ations that nave been debunked : an over te past two months.” Rol : Mg cP re ay SON, i ‘S 37M} writes, “if the Senate upholds an objection and the House does nat, or vice versa, the abjection does not succeed and the votes are counted. ... So why are Republicans doing this? Mostly because Trump has asked them to as pert of his effort te falsely portray the 2020 electi on results as invalid.” The ¥ ast (1/5, Nakamura, £0.52M) writes that "since his defeat in the Novernber election, Trump’s c: 5 have warned that his -scorched-earth effort to invalidate the outcome amounts to a new level of danger: the first attempted coup d’etat in U.S. history to ille egally maintein power.” However, | (2/5, Raju, Herb, 89.21M) reports on its website, “a growing number oF Republicans are balking at efforts to reject the ctuoral College votes.” Sen. Torn Cotte nm {R-AR} writes in the » (7/5, 309K), “Gbjecting to certified electoral votes wary give the pres cond term. With Democrats in contrai of the House, Republicans have no chance of invalidating even a single electoral vote, much less encugh votes to deny Joe Biden a ‘rnajority in the electoral college. Instead, these obiections would exceed Congress’ constitutional | power, while creating unwise precedents that Democrats could abuse the next time they gre in oe, ar, Ww power, Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) writes in the ) (3/5, 26K), “Lama conservative Republican. Therefore, i must strictly adhere to the United States Constitution. ... To -yote to reject these state-certified electoral votes would be to act outside the bounds of the fon, which Twill not do.” Ayo8 GS, Freene, £.26M) reports Sen. Tir Se ott (RSC) alse plans to certify Biden's win. Fox iS ue , Sngman, 23.99M) reports on its website thet Sens. _Iohn Goozrnan (R-AR}, Lisa Murkowski { { R-AK), BH Cassidy (R-LA}, Susan Collins (R-ME}, Mitt Romney «R- UT) and f Rag er Wicker rs AR MS}, armong athers, have also “said that they will vote te cis Dog eye DG FBI(21cv558)-52