Once the presidential election is over, a “little secret” will be revealed, Republican candidate Donald Trump said in a speech to supporters at Madison Square Garden in New York, the New York Times reports.
During his speech, the politician addressed the president of the House of Representatives, who was in the audience. Michael Johnson and said, turning to him: “I think with our little secret we will really succeed in the House of Representatives, won’t we?”
“Our little secret has a big impact. “He and I have a little secret: we’ll tell you what it is when the race is over.” – Trump added.
The Republican uttered these phrases with a smile and caused a storm of indignation among Democrats, who now fear the worst, writes the NYT. As the publication makes clear, the most alarming option suggests that Johnson, who along with Trump did not recognize the results of the last presidential election, will now prevent the approval of the results of the current election if he wins. Kamala Harris.
Politico also notes that Trump’s “sinister comments” could be an indication of the intention to follow a “disputed election” procedure. We are talking about the mechanism provided for by the 12th Amendment to the United States Constitution. According to him, if no candidate receives a majority of the Electoral College votes, the new Congress, which will be sworn in on January 3, will elect a president and vice president, with the House of Representatives as head of state and the Senate as its companion. of formula. A simple majority of House members, 26 votes from state delegations, appoints a new speaker.
In 1824, no candidate received a majority of the electoral votes, resulting in a disputed election. The House of Representatives elected president John Adamswho received only 84 electoral votes, although the leader of the race was Andrew Jackson with 99 votes.
The Electoral College results are confirmed by the vice president, not the speaker of the House, but Johnson can still influence the outcome of events, for example, by lobbying state election commissions, the NYT reports. However, experts interviewed by the newspaper doubt that he can get enough support for this.
The NYT asked Johnson what the phrase “little secret” meant, to which he responded: “Speaking of secrets, Harris knew that (the US president) José) Biden He was physically and mentally disabled and kept it a secret. The FBI knew that the laptop (of the president’s son) hunter biden It was real and he kept it a secret. “They also knew that the Russian collusion was false and they also kept it a secret.”
However, the media was not interested in these secrets, because they did not want to harm the Democratic Party, “and now they care about this?” the spokesperson asked in response and declined to comment further.
Experts interviewed by the NYT suggested that Trump’s phrase means nothing and that he simply likes to create a stir among his opponents. Or, the publication’s interlocutors continued, it was about the so-called telemeetings with Republican congressmen.
The US presidential elections will take place in a week, on November 5, RBC reminds.
