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What he and others who make this argument refuse to comprehend is this: If the VP were allowed to pull a stunt like this, then we are essentially saying that the VP picks the next President of the United States. No need to hold an election; might as well just have Harris declare Biden the winner of 2024 already and let's just skip right to the swearing in. Heck, let's be efficient about it -- who wants to be President in 2028? Might as well have Harris declare the winner of that election too. Look at that; we've got the Presidency sorted out for the next decade or so, and we can spend the next few years prepping someone like AOC for the White House in 2032.

I mean that's the way it works, right? The VP can just unilaterally declare who did and didn't win the election, right GOP? Because if this is the rule you're gonna set forth, we might as well take full advantage of it......

As others are reporting, he also said he would have certified the results.

So he's mostly trying to have both ways.

This dude sounds dangerous as fuck.

Well, he is correct in that it would have be historic. A bigger opportunity for Pence right now would be to have some balls and a backbone, call out Trump for the criminal, insurrectionist, and traitor that he is, and lead the Republican party back to its so-called morality, law-and-order, and "character matters" roots. I'm not a fan of Pence by any means (I totally disagree with him on nearly every issue), but this is the real historic tragedy of Pence and his political career.

This is an intelligent guy. He isn't firing from the hip. He's saying what the party wants to hear to try and get more attention on him. I wonder if he's trying to be Trump's VP candidate.

I'm not saying I agree with any of his shit, just saying this is calculated on his part. I also don't really agree with Pence with much of anything, but certifying the election results and being against the Jan 6th insurrection is something I appreciate.

My bullshit meter with Ramaswamy is off the charts. He will say anything if he thinks it will give him traction with the Trump crowd.

No, Pence did the right thing.

A historic opportunity to end American democracy??

What he’s talking about sounds like a mess. Single day voting on Election Day? What about people that are abroad, military or otherwise? People who can’t vote that day (medical procedure, etc). Then, having another election to decide again?! What if that one is in question? I don’t know shit about fuck when it comes to election law, but this doesn’t pass the sniff test at all.

Here’s what I would have said, we need single-day voting on Election Day. We need paper ballots, and we need government-issued ID matching the voter file.

It's like he doesn't know that older, more conservative Republicans actually love mail-in ballots and use it extensively.

He also put on full display his ignorance of how government works. Witch is OK since his followers are ignorant too.

I don’t understand what he’s saying. What’s his speech got to do with the events on Jan 6? What would that speech have done during the events of the 6th? Somebody please help me understand.

"I would have committed TREASON on Jan 6th!!!!" -Ramaswamy