No one was asking Pence to crown Trump, they were asking for him not to certify the very sketchy results in favor of Biden. Whether or not he had that power, or whether or not he did the right thing, he wasn't going to 'crown Trump' or anything.
OK, but if that was what they were 'asking', why didn't Biden do that in 2016 using MEH RUSSHER as a reason? Why didn't every single vice-president do that before? Or in 1960, when Nixon thought he lost to JFK due to fraud?
Because you'd also need confidence in the state legislatures you'd send them back to for review. What you're suggesting is that there is no means for the person given the authority to certify that the votes appear proper to not certify. If so, what's the point? Mere decorum and theater?
If a vice-president has the authority to crown someone president, why didn't Biden crown Hillary in 2016?
No one was asking Pence to crown Trump, they were asking for him not to certify the very sketchy results in favor of Biden. Whether or not he had that power, or whether or not he did the right thing, he wasn't going to 'crown Trump' or anything.
OK, but if that was what they were 'asking', why didn't Biden do that in 2016 using MEH RUSSHER as a reason? Why didn't every single vice-president do that before? Or in 1960, when Nixon thought he lost to JFK due to fraud?
Because you'd also need confidence in the state legislatures you'd send them back to for review. What you're suggesting is that there is no means for the person given the authority to certify that the votes appear proper to not certify. If so, what's the point? Mere decorum and theater?
The right wanted the government to prove the election was fair and legitimate. Stop gas lighting with this misrepresentation.
That is a reasonable demand, but what was asked of Pence wasn't.
That's not how it works, and not what Pence was asked to do.