Intent

In a statement released on Sunday, TFG (The Former Guy) claimed that “Mike Pence could have overturned the Election!”

This highlights three important points:

1. TFG understands that he lost. He would not want to “overturn” an election that he had won.

2. TFG’s intention was to overturn the election by putting pressure on Pence and promoting The Big Lie. (To prove a conspiracy, prosecutors must demonstrate intent. Here, the intent has been admitted without duress.)

3. If VP Pence really did have the “right” to overturn an election, and if elections laws aren’t modified, VP Harris will have the same “right” in 2025, in 2029, and for however long she and her party intend to hold onto power. (Clearly, that is not what our constitution intends.)