Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco says he is tired of legislators and elected officials not caring about the rule of law. That’s why he says he’s endorsing former President Donald Trump, who was just convicted last week in the state of New York on 34 counts of falsifying business records, in the November election. In […]
Eh, that’s not really true. However if RFK wins states and throws the election into Congress for the tie breaker then yeah.
No, it is true. If Trump wins enough votes and Congress certifies the election, Trump wins. It’s always been that way. I didn’t spell out Trump in my original post for brevity.
I don’t think Congress does tie breakers.
Okay I think I see where things got mixed up.
There is a theory that the Republicans in the House will again attempt to use the certification process to install Trump. This should no longer be possible since legislation was passed in 2021. Your comment sounded like this was what you were referring to.
Congress does certify the winner, you just think it’s going to be Trump.
If no candidate reaches 270 points in the electoral college, Congress does in fact select the next president. They vote inside their state delegation to see who the state will support. Then the candidate with the majority of state delegations becomes the next president.