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Trumpworld is failing this constitutional quiz. Can you pass it?

The president of the senate—that is, the vice president—is to play an entirely ceremonial function, like a presenter at the Academy Awards. He is to open the state certificates and then hand the opened certificates to a “teller” (a member of the House or Senate), who reads aloud the results of each state.

The president of the senate—that is, the vice president—is to open each certificate and peek at the result. If the state certificate supports his and the president’s reelection, he is to hand the certificate to a teller, who announces the result. If the state’s certificate awards its electoral votes to the opposing party, the vice president is to quietly tear the certificate to shreds and call out, “Next!”

The president of the senate—that is, the vice president—is to perform the ceremonial function described in (A) up until the moment that a mob of “peace-loving patriots” dressed in bison fur and armed with pitchforks and nooses invade the chamber. At this point, the president of the senate is to act as described in (B).

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