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28 Dec, 5 tweets, 1 min read
The word "shall" in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 makes this a lie.
You know, this is not a difference of opinion or open to interpretation or a matter of being misinformed. It's a lie.
Someone wrote to say the meaning of "shall" is debatable in law. That's true. But in context of Article II, Section 1 there is no debate. Did the Founders, who took every pain to vest responsibility for elections in the States, intend the Vice President to have ultimate power?
"The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President..." There is no ambiguity here.
It is the job of the Vice President to affirm, not interpret.

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