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Checked by PolitiFact29 Aug 2023United StatesElections
Vivek Ramaswamy, GOP presidential candidate

“Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, could have approved the 2020 electoral votes on the condition that Congress pass an overhaul of election law.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: A VP wouldn’t have that power, and the Constitution is clear that counting the electoral votes, not legislation, is the joint session's purpose. Such a divisive proposal wouldn't have gotten the needed Democratic backing