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If that has happened, I doubt we would have a president Biden or an upcoming election.
I don't think that's accurate.
Every other aspect of the attack was unsuccessful, and not only that, but pathetically so. But if they'd manage to assassinate a VP, Biden and his administration would not have been able to simply ignore it. They would have had to act, even if it pisses off the billionaires.
Pence stopped Trump’s group delivering the fake electors to steal the election. If Pence disappeared Trump would have never left office.
Pence made the the last minute stand to save our country. Terrible viewpoints and politics, but at the end he did his job
Because Dan “Potatoe” Quayle told him to not go along with the coup.
Mike fucking Pence and Dan fucking Potatoe Quayle saved our Democracy and the US Democratic Republic.
What a timeline.
Still,.. there are many many timelines where it worked, Trump is the Orange King, and I’m dead now from being put up against a wall; so I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.
If they would have assassinated Pence on J6, before the certification, someone else would have stepped in, most likely Grassley. He would have accepted the alternate slate of electors and Biden would not be president.
I guess the law says the senate is supposed to choose someone if the vice president is unavailable to access president of the senate.
Ignore what? The J6 fascists are getting prosecuted and otherwise it's not illegal to exist as a fascist. Hell, it's not even illegal to get democratically elected and work with equally shitty legislators to enact fascist legislation. There's not much else Biden can do to fight this kind if shitty ideology except talk about it. Keep in mind most of this bullshit is spread by individuals on social media platforms to kids, and those individuals are seeking to recruit people to their cause through fear and lies. It's a lot harder for people to accept facts than convenient lies and so the fascism spreads.
This is a difficult thing for anyone to fight and the U.S. government demonstrably cannot fight an ideology.