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There are those in our party who believe that as the presiding officer over the joint session of Congress, I possessed unilateral authority to reject Electoral College votes, i heard this week, President Trump said I had the right to ‘ overturn the election ’. President Trump is wrong … I had no right to overturn the election. – Mike Pence	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I heard this week, President Trump said I had the right to ‘ overturn the election ’. President Trump is wrong … I had no right to overturn the election. – Mike Pence	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Under the Constitution, I had no right to change the outcome of our election, and( Vice President) Kamala Harris will have no right to overturn the election when we beat them in 2024. – Mike Pence	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This week, President Trump said I had the right to' overturn the election.' But President Trump is wrong, i had no right to overturn the election. – Mike Pence	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The leaders of the Republican Party have made themselves willing hostages to a man who admits he tried to overturn a presidential election and suggests he would pardon Jan. 6 defendants, some of whom have been charged with seditious conspiracy, i’m a constitutional conservative and I do not recognize those in my party who have abandoned the Constitution to embrace Donald Trump. History will be their judge. I will never stop fighting for our constitutional republic. No matter what. – Liz Cheney	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The leaders of Wyoming Republican Party have made themselves willing hostages to a man who admits he tried to overturn a presidential election and suggests he would pardon Jan. 6 defendants, some of whom have been charged with seditious conspiracy. – Liz Cheney	Found on CNN 2 years ago
My concern is that it’s a big decision to overturn something like this, it hasn’t happened before and for that to be something that is first on the table for people who have never held a position like this is a big thing to do. – Alice Elia	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We are asking the court in no uncertain terms to make history, we are asking the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn Roe v. Wade and restore the sanctity of life to the center of American law. – Mike Pence	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There's a well-founded hope that The Supreme Court will overturn Roe, or at least allow far more leeway to the state in terms of sending abortion policy, so I think people here are hopeful, but I don't think anyone's considering this to be a slam dunk. – Maureen Ferguson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We can only hope and pray that they [the justices] overturn Roe v. Wade. – Niklas Koehler	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Following January 6th, we saw most major companies condemn the attacks, at the very least. Many pledged to halt political donations to those who voted to overturn the presidential election. – Kyle Herrig	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This has been a 40-year Republican promise to overturn Roe v. Wade, so they're also going to have people who are motivated and say,' Y' all got the job done.' And what do Senate Democrats have ? – Nelini Stamp	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Donald Trump persisted, attempting through every manner Steve Bannon could imagine to try to overturn the outcome of the election. And we all saw what happened, the people who attacked this building have told us, on video, on social media and now before the federal courts, exactly what motivated them. They believed what Donald Trump told them : that the election was stolen and they needed to take action. – Eight Republicans	Found on CNN 2 years ago
President Biden’s weaponization of federal agencies against the interests of states is wrong and will only serve to sow more skepticism of the federal government. Whether it’s trying to force masks on kids in schools or trying to overturn state laws enacted by duly elected state legislatures, it’s wrong, as Montanans' attorney general, I will continue to fight alongside other attorneys general to fight the Biden administration’s meddling in our states’ affairs. – Austin Knudsen	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It was a little bit higher throw, I was stretched out fully for it, I thought I kept my foot on, umpire thought otherwise, then went back and looked at replay, it's pretty close, couldn't overturn it I guess. – Justin Turner	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There are five justices…who seem like solid votes to overturn Roe v. Wade, we've been accused, those of us saying that Roe is about to be overturned as being Chicken Little, the sky is falling, the sky is falling. We'll see, because it certainly looks like the sky is falling now. – Jeffrey Toobin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Any attempt to overturn or distort the conclusions of the joint study report is political manipulation and disrespect for global scientists and science, the label of' refusing origin tracing' can never be pinned on China. Instead, it is very appropriate for the United States itself. – Ma Zhaoxu	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I have seen enough discrepancies throughout at least Wisconsin that would overturn the Wisconsin election, there are issues like what I'm saying and then there are issues like the Kraken. – Wren Williams	Found on CNN 2 years ago
A reminder that Donald Trump himself said he would pick justices who would overturn the Affordable Care Act, making it quite reasonable for Democrats to hold that against his nominees. – Brian Fallon	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Today's decision is another victory for religious groups, but not the major one that they sought, the court's three most conservative justices wanted to overturn three decades of precedent and subject virtually all government regulations that even incidentally impact religious practice to the most exacting judicial scrutiny. But Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Barrett appeared unwilling, or at least not yet ready, to make such a move -- resting the decision on narrower grounds. – Steve Vladeck	Found on CNN 2 years ago
These people tried to overturn the election. I don't want someone like that near a poll. – John Angus	Found on CNN 3 years ago
There's no way for a White man in America could understand the feelings that people of color have about these really important issues, i think all of this will be resolved in the courts quite frankly and then if the courts don't overturn Senate Bill 202, and I'm not sure that there's a great chance of them overturning the law. Then maybe the ballot box will do that some day. – Lee Morris	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Typically, the way it works is the clemency petition goes through multiple levels of review within the Department of Justice before it gets to The White House, before it lands on the president's desk. And that part should just be completely transformed, there should be no way under the universe that clemency petition should go through the Department of Justice at all( because) you are asking career prosecutors to overturn their own decisions. And so there's a way to make the clemency process much more efficient than it is now. – Brittany Barnett	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It’s a rude awakening to the government and to the politicians, if you have decades of continuously destroying your public health system, and then now you have a pandemic, you cannot then overturn that decay ... in one year or in six months. – Norman Matara	Found on Reuters 3 years ago

There are those in our party who believe that as the presiding officer over the joint session of Congress, I possessed unilateral authority to reject Electoral College votes, i heard this week, President Trump said I had the right to ‘ overturn the election ’. President Trump is wrong … I had no right to overturn the election.

– Mike Pence

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I heard this week, President Trump said I had the right to ‘ overturn the election ’. President Trump is wrong … I had no right to overturn the election.

– Mike Pence

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Under the Constitution, I had no right to change the outcome of our election, and( Vice President) Kamala Harris will have no right to overturn the election when we beat them in 2024.

– Mike Pence

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This week, President Trump said I had the right to' overturn the election.' But President Trump is wrong, i had no right to overturn the election.

– Mike Pence

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The leaders of the Republican Party have made themselves willing hostages to a man who admits he tried to overturn a presidential election and suggests he would pardon Jan. 6 defendants, some of whom have been charged with seditious conspiracy, i’m a constitutional conservative and I do not recognize those in my party who have abandoned the Constitution to embrace Donald Trump. History will be their judge. I will never stop fighting for our constitutional republic. No matter what.

– Liz Cheney

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The leaders of Wyoming Republican Party have made themselves willing hostages to a man who admits he tried to overturn a presidential election and suggests he would pardon Jan. 6 defendants, some of whom have been charged with seditious conspiracy.

– Liz Cheney

Found on CNN
2 years ago

My concern is that it’s a big decision to overturn something like this, it hasn’t happened before and for that to be something that is first on the table for people who have never held a position like this is a big thing to do.

– Alice Elia

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We are asking the court in no uncertain terms to make history, we are asking the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn Roe v. Wade and restore the sanctity of life to the center of American law.

– Mike Pence

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There's a well-founded hope that The Supreme Court will overturn Roe, or at least allow far more leeway to the state in terms of sending abortion policy, so I think people here are hopeful, but I don't think anyone's considering this to be a slam dunk.

– Maureen Ferguson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We can only hope and pray that they [the justices] overturn Roe v. Wade.

– Niklas Koehler

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Following January 6th, we saw most major companies condemn the attacks, at the very least. Many pledged to halt political donations to those who voted to overturn the presidential election.

– Kyle Herrig

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This has been a 40-year Republican promise to overturn Roe v. Wade, so they're also going to have people who are motivated and say,' Y' all got the job done.' And what do Senate Democrats have ?

– Nelini Stamp

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Donald Trump persisted, attempting through every manner Steve Bannon could imagine to try to overturn the outcome of the election. And we all saw what happened, the people who attacked this building have told us, on video, on social media and now before the federal courts, exactly what motivated them. They believed what Donald Trump told them : that the election was stolen and they needed to take action.

– Eight Republicans

Found on CNN
2 years ago

President Biden’s weaponization of federal agencies against the interests of states is wrong and will only serve to sow more skepticism of the federal government. Whether it’s trying to force masks on kids in schools or trying to overturn state laws enacted by duly elected state legislatures, it’s wrong, as Montanans' attorney general, I will continue to fight alongside other attorneys general to fight the Biden administration’s meddling in our states’ affairs.

– Austin Knudsen

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It was a little bit higher throw, I was stretched out fully for it, I thought I kept my foot on, umpire thought otherwise, then went back and looked at replay, it's pretty close, couldn't overturn it I guess.

– Justin Turner

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There are five justices…who seem like solid votes to overturn Roe v. Wade, we've been accused, those of us saying that Roe is about to be overturned as being Chicken Little, the sky is falling, the sky is falling. We'll see, because it certainly looks like the sky is falling now.

– Jeffrey Toobin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Any attempt to overturn or distort the conclusions of the joint study report is political manipulation and disrespect for global scientists and science, the label of' refusing origin tracing' can never be pinned on China. Instead, it is very appropriate for the United States itself.

– Ma Zhaoxu

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I have seen enough discrepancies throughout at least Wisconsin that would overturn the Wisconsin election, there are issues like what I'm saying and then there are issues like the Kraken.

– Wren Williams

Found on CNN
2 years ago

A reminder that Donald Trump himself said he would pick justices who would overturn the Affordable Care Act, making it quite reasonable for Democrats to hold that against his nominees.

– Brian Fallon

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Today's decision is another victory for religious groups, but not the major one that they sought, the court's three most conservative justices wanted to overturn three decades of precedent and subject virtually all government regulations that even incidentally impact religious practice to the most exacting judicial scrutiny. But Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Barrett appeared unwilling, or at least not yet ready, to make such a move -- resting the decision on narrower grounds.

– Steve Vladeck

Found on CNN
2 years ago

These people tried to overturn the election. I don't want someone like that near a poll.

– John Angus

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There's no way for a White man in America could understand the feelings that people of color have about these really important issues, i think all of this will be resolved in the courts quite frankly and then if the courts don't overturn Senate Bill 202, and I'm not sure that there's a great chance of them overturning the law. Then maybe the ballot box will do that some day.

– Lee Morris

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Typically, the way it works is the clemency petition goes through multiple levels of review within the Department of Justice before it gets to The White House, before it lands on the president's desk. And that part should just be completely transformed, there should be no way under the universe that clemency petition should go through the Department of Justice at all( because) you are asking career prosecutors to overturn their own decisions. And so there's a way to make the clemency process much more efficient than it is now.

– Brittany Barnett

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It’s a rude awakening to the government and to the politicians, if you have decades of continuously destroying your public health system, and then now you have a pandemic, you cannot then overturn that decay ... in one year or in six months.

– Norman Matara

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

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