But state legislatures that conclude the popular-vote total has somehow been corrupted could claim the constitutional authority to submit competing slates of pro-Trump electors and ask Congress to accept that result instead. That radical move would set up a potential clash between the House, with its Democratic majority, and the Senate, which is likely to remain in Republican hands. This bicameral breakdown would create electoral chaos and a constitutional crisis.
On Thursday, as Trump’s electoral college prospects dimmed, Donald Trump Jr. retweeted conservative commentator Mark Levin: "REMINDER TO THE REPUBLICAN STATE LEGISLATURES, YOU HAVE THE FINAL SAY OVER THE CHOOSING OF ELECTORS.” Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) signaled potential support in an appearance on Fox News’s Sean Hannity. “Everything should be on the table,” Graham said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/06/state-legislatures-electoral-college-steal/
This took a bit of searching, but it's not as simple as that seems. There are challenges that could be made and lawsuits suited and etc.
And you would think doing fancyasspants crap like that would enrage the American populace. But on the rep side you see very little outrage at the current behavior of the prez, and last I heard 70 percent of the reps think the election was dishonest.
Here is a very long but very interesting story about Obamacare from Obama himself. Beagles has often complained that Obamacare has not gone far enough and this will explain why it has not.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/02/barack-obama-new-book-excerpt-promised-land-obamacare
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