Former Gov. Marc Racicot (R-MT), a conservative and a signatory to an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the ballot, was aghast at Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) for his recent statement that he would have blocked certification of the 2020 presidential election if he were in the place of former Vice President Mike Pence.
Vance, a former critic of Trump turned MAGA loyalist, made the comments during an interview with George Stephanopoulos on "ABC This Week."
"If I had been vice president, I would have told the states, like Pennsylvania, Georgia, and so many others, that we needed to have multiple slates of electors and I think the U.S. Congress should have fought over it from there," said Vance. "That is the legitimate way to deal with an election that a lot of folks, including me, think had a lot of problems in 2020. I think that's what we should have done."
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"He's basically saying he would have done the coup," said anchor Chris Hayes. "Kicked it to the House. And allowed Republican majorities, maybe, to make Donald Trump president despite losing by 7 million votes. What's your reaction to hearing a sitting U.S. Republican senator say that?"
"Well, I think it's stunningly uninformed and mistaken," said Racicot. "And frankly, it's preposterous. In the first place, the selection of electors is a matter within the exclusive province of the individual states. So, he's terribly wrong. He doesn't understand the constitutional history, nor the requirements of the law. Or of the Constitution."
"To suggest that you would do something that would once again incite more chaos and disruption is beyond the pale," he added. "And frankly I think it's an unbelievable demonstration of a lack of information and knowledge about what's appropriate under the Constitution."
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