Re:Google won't donate to members of Congress who voted agai...
by iainmerrick on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @10:23AM
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Our default assumption, particularly in the House, should be that they're doing what they think will give them the best chance of being re-elected. (Of course they may or may not be correct about that.)
So their main concern is just being on "the right side" of the issue, rather than necessarily having any actual impact.
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/05/952883116/objecting-to-electo...
The only obvious difference is the argument between voter suppression and widespread election fraud, but the actual act of objecting to the certification of election results was ultimately the same. A less obvious difference was the way citizens forced their way into the Capitol Building just before the certification and objections took place.
A question one might ask is did the Democrats (that objected) believe there was really sufficient voter suppression to swing the vote, or did they just use this as a tactic to try to change a legitimate election?
And did the Republicans (that objected) believe there was sufficient widespread election fraud to swing the vote, or did they just use this as a tactic to try to change a legitimate election?