HOW IT ENDS: The heated partisan politics of Capitol Hill will jump to scorching today, when TRUMP’s staunchest GOP allies will launch a formal, public and futile effort to keep him in power by overturning the results of the Nov election. w/⁦Lillis⁩ thehill.com/homenews/house…
The extraordinary gambit has convulsed the Capitol in the final days of Trump's reign and cleaved the GOP into warring factions - divisions that will bear long-lasting implications for both the future direction of the GOP and the success of ambitious 2024 hopefuls.
Such challenges have been tried before, but not on this scale: At least 13 Senate Republicans and more than 100 House Republicans are expected to vote to reject certification of Joe Biden’s EC victory
With Trump agitating his base and threatening to recruit primary challengers to run against disloyal lawmakers, many Republicans, particularly in the House, feel that it would be political suicide to defy him.

“We don’t have a choice,” said one.
What you need to know about today’s Electoral College challenges @alexanderbolton & @juliegraceb thehill.com/homenews/senat…
Five themes to watch during Electoral College battle @cimarcos

thehill.com/homenews/campa…
Trump election fight puts @VP Pence in no-win situation, by @jordainc & @Brett_Samuels27

thehill.com/homenews/admin…
Pro-Trump protesters, DC police clash near White House ahead of election challenge @DomMastrangelo1 thehill.com/homenews/53284…
Officials and some lawmakers are bracing for more potential violence today outside the Capitol.

Republicans “are inciting violence. Trump is too,” @GerryConnolly (D-Va.) told me. thehill.com/homenews/house…

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