"But there was only one question on which the vice presidency—the job for which these two men are competing—really matters. That question was whether they would certify the results of the next presidential election. And on that subject, Vance gave a non-answer that instantly disqualifies him: He refused to acknowledge that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.”

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    Vance dismissed the argument that courts had already rejected Trump’s allegations of election fraud. “You can’t litigate these things judicially; you have to litigate them politically,” Vance told Douthat. “And we never had a real political debate about the 2020 election.”

    It feels we have done both of these things every single day since that damn election…

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      It’s crazy to argue that the result of a dispute about objective numbers between two biased parties should be decided not by a third party, the courts, but by the politicians from those two parties.

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        It is entertaining to see that even with all Mitch McConnell’s stolen court picks, they still can’t even win any cases pertaining to the election.

        I’m not secure in thinking it will pass another go around though. I hope this election is pretty decisive.

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      The party of law and order says we can’t let the courts decide these things. Color me shocked.