
Entry 071Jan 6, 2017
“I have an objection because 10 of the 29 electoral votes cast by Florida were cast by electors not lawfully certified...”71
71Jamie Raskin, U.S. Representative (MD-8), House floor, January 6, 2017. Source
Why it’s on the record. Four years later, at the January 6, 2021 joint session, Raskin argued against Republican objections: 'The 12th Amendment obligates each and every one of us to count the electoral votes to recognize the will of the people' (167 Cong. Rec. H82). Days later he was lead impeachment manager.
On the record
During the joint session counting the 2016 electoral votes, Raskin and several other House Democrats raised objections to Trump electors. Each failed because no senator signed.
- Said by
- Jamie Raskin, U.S. Representative (MD-8)
- Where
- House floor
- When
- Jan 6, 2017
- Source
- House floor, January 6, 2017