Thread by @JonathanTCasey

This is huge if true.

https://twitter.com/MikeDelMoro/status/1349107913680367616

To meet earlier than the 19th would require a unanimous vote by the Senate, which just isn't going to happen.

This also could be a strategic leak to test out the waters and the reaction to the news

https://twitter.com/bpercy15/status/1349117684118663168?s=20

The Dominoes are falling...

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1349123782510784516?s=20

The President "summoned this mob, assembled this mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President."

Sen. Cheney

"sedition and insurrection" - Joint Chiefs of Staff

"The President of the United States encouraged an angry mob to storm the US Capitol to stop the counting of electoral votes"

-Congressman Kinzinger

https://twitter.com/RepKinzinger/status/1349132557556834304?s=19

So I looked this up and it does appear to be the case. It does look like they can convene the Senate with the joint approval of the Majority and Minority leaders.

nypost.com/2021/01/12/sch…

https://twitter.com/jusjak97/status/1349136131518992384?s=19

This is one aide's opinion, but we will see.

https://twitter.com/jmartNYT/status/1349135747132092418?s=19

McConnell would give the cowardly caucus the courage to convict.

He would take the heat off of them, McConnell is the lynch pin to this whole thing.

https://twitter.com/AnaCabrera/status/1349153475742076928?s=19

Pence says he will not invoke the 25th. It's interesting that he addressed this at all, he was under no obligation to do so...

https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1349158397376081924?s=19

"Now is the time to heal" - Pence

Umm, we gotta pull the knife out first!

https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN/status/1349177932338630658?s=19