{"id":202471,"date":"2023-12-31T07:41:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T11:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=202471"},"modified":"2023-12-31T07:41:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T11:41:43","slug":"how-congress-may-select-our-next-president-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=202471","title":{"rendered":"<h2>HOW CONGRESS MAY SELECT OUR NEXT PRESIDENT IN 2024<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Laura Loomer<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Did you know that a winner of the 2024 Presidential election may not come to fruition due to a \u201ccontingent election\u201d, which would then let Congress select the next President and Vice President? This is what <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\">@RobertKennedyJr <\/a><\/span>is trying to accomplish by running as an Independent. He\u2019s trying to create a contingent election in which neither candidate gets 270 electoral votes.<\/p>\n<p>RFK\u2019s plan is to create a contingent election, as was admitted by his own PAC. An article outlining the PACs $15 million plan said, \u201c<\/p>\n<p>A statement outlining the new plan also said it\u2019s confident that Kennedy could win a contingent election, a possible scenario where no presidential candidate gets 270 electoral college votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">This is why RFK switched from running as a Democrat to an Independent. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Recently, it was announced that \u201cAmerican Values\u201d <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmValues2024\">@AmValues2024<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">, a Super PAC which was created to support RFK\u2019s presidential campaign, is planning to spend $15 MILLION to get him on the ballot in 10 key states that collectively carry 210 electoral votes that are needed to win the 2024 election, including: Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, New York, and Texas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">If RFK is able to pick up enough electoral votes to the point where neither Trump or Biden gets 270, then under the US Constitution, we would have what is called a \u201ccontingent election\u201d, which is what happens if no candidate gets a majority in the Electoral College. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">To win the Electoral College, a candidate needs a majority \u2014 at least 270 electoral votes. If there are more than two candidates and no one hits 270, that triggers a contingent election, a fallback process created by the Twelfth Amendment where the House of Representatives selects a president and the Senate selects a vice president. HOW WOULD THIS HAPPEN?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">House members vote as state delegations. Each state delegation gets a single vote, and a candidate becomes president with the support of a majority (26) of state delegations. If no candidate wins 26 state delegations by January 20th, then the vice president-elect becomes acting president. And if the Senate fails to select a vice president, then under the Twentieth Amendment and the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, the next eligible person in the presidential line of succession (potentially the speaker of the House) becomes acting president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">This could be disastrous, given the fact that Republicans only hold a 1 seat majority in Congress right now with the early retirement of <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy\">@SpeakerMcCarthy<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">, several other GOP members of Congress, and the ousting of George Santos <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrSantosNY\">@MrSantosNY<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">It will only take one more House GOP rep to retire early, and then Dems will have control of the House again before the 2024 election. I predict Dems take control of the House by March, and when they do, we will be one step closer to having a contingent election. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">This is all part of their plan to make sure Trump and Biden aren\u2019t the next President. Congress would then be able to install their own President and Vice President if this happens. Hopefully you now see why <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\">@RobertKennedyJr<\/a> <\/span>is so dangerous. This could very well happen.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1741316372229919173?t=B5lIcZzw3fVNr9Eg1OcNOg&amp;s=19\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1741316372229919173?t=B5lIcZzw3fVNr9Eg1OcNOg&amp;s=19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=202471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=202471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=202471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=202471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}