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NY – La Befana (a stranger to Americans) will bring as a gift an extreme emotion, an illusion, a hope of Donald trump? It is Epiphany day, for Italians, that the last attempt to invalidate the US presidential elections will take place. A Republican senator announced today that he will oppose the certification of the result on January 6 in Congress. That day the Congress meets in joint session for the final count of the constituency. Trump’s vice president will preside over the proceedings by constitutional order, Mike pence. And Trump has long counted on loyalists to make the last attempt on that occasion to reverse the result, contesting the constituency’s vote count. Probability of success: zero. However, there will be a margin of uncertainty until the end, at least to prolong the “spectacle” of the most controversial elections in US history. It’s also a test Republicans look forward to: from Pence himself to Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, that day he would either betray the Constitution or betray Trump …
The senator who announced the January 6 motion is Josh hawley, Republican of Missouri. “At a minimum, Hawley said today, Congress must investigate allegations of voter fraud and take steps to ensure the regularity of our elections.” Now that at least one Republican MP has come out of the closet, announcing the last-day offensive useful for this purpose, surely others will support him.
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by our correspondent Federico Rampini
Suspense is guaranteed, but only in appearance. The objection that every parliamentarian has the right to raise against the count of the constituency gives rise to a debate and a vote in the House and Senate. In this case the two votes are separated and as it is necessary for both powers of Congress to denounce the electoral college count, the democratic majority in the Chamber is sufficient to make reversal impossible.
It is even doubtful that the motion will win in the Senate: there the Republicans are a majority but different from each other and now they have recognized Biden’s victory. The January 6 appointment will be “hot” for another reason as well: it will take place just 24 hours after the vote in Georgia, where two senatorial seats are up for grabs. Tuesday, January 5, will be the Election Day queue or rematch. We only vote in Georgia, but it is national politics that depends on that outcome. Two senatorial seats can sway the majority of the Upper House in Biden’s field, or leave it to the Republicans.
