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2. He has ZERO authority to declare a Senate election invalid.

Tue Jul 14, 2026, 06:08 PM

5 hrs ago

Only the Senate can police its elections and only the Senate can expel a seated member.

This is well-settled law. End of discussion.

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Trump speech on Thursday regarding invalid elections. [View all] wnylib 6 hrs ago OP

The Democratic Response Must Be The Brutal Truth: ...... ColoringFool 6 hrs ago #1

+1 dalton99a 5 hrs ago #5

This should be Mz Pip 7 min ago #10

He has ZERO authority to declare a Senate election invalid. onenote 5 hrs ago #2

Kind of different. onenote 5 hrs ago #4

But he does try to write his own rules or wnylib 22 min ago #9

He tries to write his own interpretation of rules and laws wnylib 44 sec ago #11

I'm betting the speech will amount to little more Torchlight 4 hrs ago #8