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This 150-year-old act may be the key to who is president in 2024
CNN
Three hundred and sixty-four days ago, Vice President Mike Pence affirmed the Electoral College vote in the 2020 election, formalizing Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump.
It was a move that Trump -- and his base within the GOP -- had vehemently opposed, insisting that Pence had discretion as to whether or not he accepted the vote and wound up choosing wrong.
For his part, Pence has repeatedly insisted his hands were tied by the Constitution. "I will always be proud that we did our part on that tragic day to reconvene the Congress and fulfilled our duty under the Constitution and the laws of the United States," he said in June 2021.
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