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Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado and Connecticut have all been counted now. Moving ahead. (Georgia is the next crossroads.)
Delaware and Florida sailed by. But we have an objection now to Georgia.
The objection has no signature of a senator!
"In that case, the objection cannot be entertained," @VP Pence rules. Georgia has been counted. Biden won Georgia.
They're moving onto Hawaii.
They're moving onto Hawaii.
A reminder: Trump's Twitter is still frozen.
Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland and Massachusetts all sailed by.
Here comes Michigan, though.
Here comes Michigan, though.
Indeed, there's an objection, from Marjorie Taylor Greene, the QAnon-backing Georgia congresswoman.
Again, though, no Senator has sponsored it.
"In that case, the objection cannot be entertained," Pence says.
Congress has counted Michigan. Biden wins Michigan.
Again, though, no Senator has sponsored it.
"In that case, the objection cannot be entertained," Pence says.
Congress has counted Michigan. Biden wins Michigan.
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska -- all sailed through.
Now to Nevada, where I developed a subtle but clear N95 mask-tan during campaign stops with Trump this fall.
Now to Nevada, where I developed a subtle but clear N95 mask-tan during campaign stops with Trump this fall.
GOP Congressman Mo Brooks objects to Nevada, on behalf of more than 50 House members.
But, again, no Senator would sign it.
"In that case, the objection cannot be entertained," Pence rules.
Nevada's counted. Biden wins Nevada.
But, again, no Senator would sign it.
"In that case, the objection cannot be entertained," Pence rules.
Nevada's counted. Biden wins Nevada.
Pence is running this in the way anyone who knows him said he would, and the way that virtually everyone said was his only option -- neutrally, by the book, without the magical powers Trump insisted he use.
Congress has now counted the electoral college votes of New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon. There were no objections to any of them.
Pennsylvania now. This is the state Hawley -- the first Senator to pledge to object -- had singled out.
There's an objection from Rep. Scott Perry to counting Pennsylvania, and on this one, there *is* a signature from a senator: Hawley.
There's an objection from Rep. Scott Perry to counting Pennsylvania, and on this one, there *is* a signature from a senator: Hawley.
And so, we break.
The Senate isn't even debating it. They've gone straight to a vote.
The objection is going to fail overwhelmingly in the Senate. Only a handful have supported it so far.
The Senate has rejected the objection to counting Pennsylvania's electoral college votes by a vote of 92-7.
The senators supporting the objection were Cruz, Hawley, Hyde-Smith, Lummus, Marshall and Rick Scott, and... one other that I missed. (It's late!)
The senators supporting the objection were Cruz, Hawley, Hyde-Smith, Lummus, Marshall and Rick Scott, and... one other that I missed. (It's late!)
Ah yes, Tuberville. (The actual one, not whomever Rudy called.) https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1347055354564272135
McConnell says they don't expect any other objections, and they are adjourning the Senate.
Which means we should move fairly quickly through and finish the count as soon as the House finishes its debate on Pennsylvania. But... that could be a while.
And its vote.
