Trump Admits He Wanted Pence to Overturn the Election

While tens of millions of normal Americans were watching the NFC Championship Game on Sunday night, former president Donald Trump issued a statement in which he declared that former vice president Mike Pence had the power to overturn the 2020 election and should have done so:

Where to begin? For starters, Trump is wrong about the Electoral Count Act (which lawmakers are trying to reform in the legislation his statement references). It gives Congress the authority to settle disputes between competing slates of Electoral College votes. However, no state had any legitimate reason to overturn Biden’s victory, and none had sent competing slates of electors.

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John McCormack

John McCormack is a former Washington correspondent for National Review and was a fellow at the National Review Institute.

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While tens of millions of normal Americans were watching the NFC Championship Game on Sunday night, former president Donald Trump issued a statement in which he declared that former vice president Mike Pence had the power to overturn the 2020 election and should have done so:

Where to begin? For starters, Trump is wrong about the Electoral Count Act (which lawmakers are trying to reform in the legislation his statement references). It gives Congress the authority to settle disputes between competing slates of Electoral College votes. However, no state had any legitimate reason to overturn Biden’s victory, and none had sent competing slates of electors.