“Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.”
What PolitiFact found
Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher is correct about Congress's limited role Jan. 6. Congress or the vice president don’t have the power to substitute their preference or judgment for the electors states have appointed.
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In short
Mike Gallagher (U.S. Representative, R-Green Bay) made this claim around 3 January 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 January 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “True”.
Mike Gallagher has 7 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 4 true.
Where the claim appeared
- gallagher.house.govhttps://gallagher.house.gov/media/press-releases/gallagher-colleagues-release-statement-c…
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