Penc renewal1/1/2023 ![]() ![]() We stand with Israel because your cause is our cause, your values are our values, and your fight is our fight. And I am here to convey a simple message from the heart of the American people: America stands with Israel. Thanks to the President’s leadership, the alliance between our two countries has never been stronger, and the friendship between our peoples has never been deeper. (Applause.)Īnd I bring greetings from a leader who has done more to bring our two great countries closer together than any President in the past 70 years - the 45th President of the United States of America, President Donald Trump. Those challenges have not come close to overturning the results in a single state.VICE PRESIDENT PENCE: President Rivlin, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Speaker Edelstein, Leader Herzog, members of the Knesset, justices of the Supreme Court, citizens of Israel - (applause) - it is deeply humbling for me to stand before this vibrant democracy - (applause) - to have the great honor to address this Knesset, the first Vice President of the United States to be afforded that privilege here in Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Israel. The Supreme Court and courts in at least eight critical states across the country have similarly rejected or dismissed challenges the Trump campaign has waged in an attempt to throw out the results of the election. Barr has acknowledged that the Justice Department uncovered no such fraud that would have changed the outcome. Biden unfairly won the election because of widespread voter fraud, and has demanded that congressional Republicans work to overturn the results.īut there has been no evidence of widespread impropriety, and former Attorney General William P. Trump has continued to falsely claim that Mr. ![]() Gohmert initially filed in federal court, he indicated that over 140 House Republicans intended to object to Mr. Though Republicans in the Senate have met the gambit largely with reticence - and even open contempt - lawmakers in the House have flocked to support the effort. Gohmert in the House and Josh Hawley of Missouri in the Senate, will force each chamber to debate the objections for up to two hours, followed by a vote on Mr. Trump’s allies in Congress are mounting a doomed, last-minute effort to subvert the results of the election by objecting to the certification of key states’ electoral results when Congress meets to certify them, the final procedural step in affirming Mr. Pence about his frustrations over the Justice Department’s involvement. Trump was more vocal to advisers than to Mr. Pence was being sued in his official capacity, according to one of the people briefed on the discussion. Trump expressed surprise about the development, even though the Justice Department followed proper procedure because Mr. Pence in a suit that his supporters had filed, and he reached out to the vice president on Friday morning to discuss it, three people briefed on the discussion said. The president was unhappy when he learned that the Justice Department was representing Mr. Pence to take on an expanded role, opening the vice president up to pressure to invalidate the election results. Gohmert, along with his colleagues and electors in Arizona, had hoped that the lawsuit, filed on Sunday, could force Mr. Pence has the responsibility of opening and tallying envelopes sent from each state and announcing their electoral results when Congress meets on Jan. Biden.Īs the presiding officer of the Senate, Mr. The lawsuit challenged the more than century-old law that governs the Electoral College process, in an attempt to expand an otherwise ceremonial role into one with the power to reject electoral votes that were cast for Mr. ![]() Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas ruled that Republican lawmakers, led by Representative Louie Gohmert of Texas, lacked the proper standing to sue Mr. WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit led by President Trump’s allies in Congress that aimed to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the results of the election, dealing a blow to lawmakers’ last-ditch effort to challenge President-elect Joseph R. ![]()
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