# Stefanik has said she'd betray American democracy: how the fuck is this not front page news? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 9, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stefanik-has-said-shed-betray-american-democracy-how-the-fuck-is-this-not-front-page-news/997367 "2024-02-09T20:27:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 26
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stefanik-has-said-shed-betray-american-democracy-how-the-fuck-is-this-not-front-page-news/997367/26 "2024-02-11T16:10:01Z")
Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) doesn’t see the situation in the same way that Stefanik does: > **[Crenshaw on Stefanik’s claim she could decertify election if VP: ‘Totally wrong’](https://news.yahoo.com/crenshaw-stefanik-claim-she-could-153504471.html)** > > Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas.) disputed House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) claim that she would have decertified the 2020 election if she had been vice president, calling it “totally wrong.” Reacting to her comment in an... > [@](#): > > “The only reason I’m not worried is because what she’s saying is so completely incorrect,” Crenshaw told CNN’s Dana Bash Friday. “The Constitution gives you no power — you, being the vice president — gives you no power to decertify the election. It’s very clear.” > > “I mean, we could pull it up on the screen and read it. Mike Pence read it, and he came to the conclusion that he has no power to decertify election,” he continued. “The word ‘certify’ is not even in there. So, this idea that there even is this mechanism for Congress to certify or decertify an election is just — it’s totally wrong.” Nice, Dan. Now do Trump. Tell us about the guy who signed off on this little self-coup plan?! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stefanik-has-said-shed-betray-american-democracy-how-the-fuck-is-this-not-front-page-news/997367)._