If Grassley was too old this year at 89, then is

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4. Not only should age stop Grassley but that he was in on the 1/6/21 coup should have done it too.

Somehow I think that if you were in on supporting the violent overthrow of our elected democracy
I don't think you be a US Senator the same goes for holding a pistol to your wife's head and threatening
to shoot her (Herschel Walker).

"We don't expect him to be there," Grassley, 87, initially said of Pence, per Roll Call. As president pro tempore of the Senate, or the second-highest ranking official of the chamber, Grassley suggested he would stand in for Pence.

But within minutes, Grassley backtracked. "Every indication we have is that the vice president will be there," Grassley's office said, Roll Call reported.

After the confusion, Grassley's office said that the Iowa senator was simply trying to explain what would happen if Pence had to step away.

https://www.businessinsider.com/grassley-prompts-confusion-over-pence-electoral-college-certification-2021-1