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{{Short description|One of several schemes to overturn 2020 U.S. presidential election}} |
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The '''Green Bay Sweep''' is [[Peter Navarro]]'s name for the plot to [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|overturn the 2020 United States presidential election]]. It took its name from the [[Packers sweep]], where the [[Green Bay Packers]] of the 1950's and 60's, led by [[Vince Lombardi]], would flood a zone with blockers, allowing the football to be advanced dependably behind them. In the political iteration, devised by [[Steve Bannon]], the [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|Electoral College vote count]] would be blocked by repeated challenges to various state's vote counts by Republican members of the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] and [[United States Senate|Senate]] favorable to [[Donald Trump]]. Each challenge could take up to 2 hours of debate by each chamber, individually. |
The '''Green Bay Sweep''' is [[Peter Navarro]]'s name for the plot to [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|overturn the 2020 United States presidential election]]. It took its name from the [[Packers sweep]], where the [[Green Bay Packers]] of the 1950's and 60's, led by [[Vince Lombardi]], would flood a zone with blockers, allowing the football to be advanced dependably behind them. In the political iteration, devised by [[Steve Bannon]], the [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|Electoral College vote count]] would be blocked by repeated challenges to various state's vote counts by Republican members of the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] and [[United States Senate|Senate]] favorable to [[Donald Trump]]. Each challenge could take up to 2 hours of debate by each chamber, individually. |
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Revision as of 01:11, 10 February 2022
The Green Bay Sweep is Peter Navarro's name for the plot to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election. It took its name from the Packers sweep, where the Green Bay Packers of the 1950's and 60's, led by Vince Lombardi, would flood a zone with blockers, allowing the football to be advanced dependably behind them. In the political iteration, devised by Steve Bannon, the Electoral College vote count would be blocked by repeated challenges to various state's vote counts by Republican members of the House and Senate favorable to Donald Trump. Each challenge could take up to 2 hours of debate by each chamber, individually.
“That would add up to as much as 24 hours of nationally televised hearings,”
(It was the) “last, best chance to snatch a stolen election from the Democrats’ jaws of deceit.”— Peter Navarro[1]
Navarro claimed there were up to 100 congressmen committed to executing the plan. However the plan was dependent on Vice President Mike Pence being on board and it was difficult to pressure Pence because all communication passed through his chief of staff Marc Short. Short, who had been president of the Koch Brothers funded Freedom Partners had different loyalties.
“it was like the Soviet Union taking over Eastern Europe. As an Iron Koch Curtain fell over the vice president, the only way you could speak to VPOTUS was to go through Short.”
— Peter Navarro[2]