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Originally Posted by edslunch
Has anyone read any credible theories about why Trump and Giuliani were pressuring Tuberville to delay the confirmation by a day? According to Giuliani’s voice mail it was to buy time for new info from the states but there hasn’t been any hint of that. One theory was to keep the senate together so they could be rounded up more easily but the invasion was over before the call I think. Curious what they were thinking...
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From what I've read, the invasion was not over before the call, but senators had been evacuated by that point, and there'd be no opportunity to proceed with objections to other states until they met again with the house, which wouldn't happen until the situation in the Capitol was stable. So I don't think it was about keeping the senators there and making them vulnerable.
I think it could be as simple as Trump, worked up by seeing his supporters fighting for him, decided that he wanted to double-down on challenging election results, making the assumption that the insurrection was sign of wide-spread support for him. Upping the rhetoric has always been a big part of his brand.