Pence should be loyal to Constitution, not Trump
By THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD
DEC. 31, 2020
Servility is an occupational hazard for any vice president, but .. Pence has been especially obsequious .. to .. Trump ...
The vice president’s role Jan. 6 is essentially ceremonial; he has no authority on his own to throw out electoral votes ...
... This week .. Gohmert .. and some would-be electors from Arizona asked a federal court to strike down provisions of the Electoral Count Act, arguing .. Pence has the sole authority to decide which electoral votes shall be counted ...
It’s a commentary on how much Trump has poisoned American politics ...
... the vice president needs to make it clear, right now, that he acknowledges Biden’s victory and has no intention of using his position to try to undermine it ...
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-12-31/pence-electoral-college-certification-congress-senate
