HOUSE REPUBLICANS CONVENED IN PERSON in the auditorium of the US Capitol Visitor Center for one final meeting the day before the January 6 joint session. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss electoral-vote objections. Mike Johnson spoke first, in support of objections. Chip Roy followed, in opposition. We spent more than an hour discussing the legal, constitutional, and political issues surrounding objections. Although it was a courteous debate, some members believed that the fact we were having the debate at all was the problem, since there was no basis for these objections in either the
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