The new session of the Pennsylvania Senate got off to a chaotic start when Republican senators took the rare action of refusing to seat a Democratic senator who had won a certified election and also removed the Democratic lieutenant governor, John Fetterman, from presiding over the legislative session.

The bitterness and rancor on display were a departure from the normally staid and sedate workings of the Senate chamber. And it potentially sets the stage for a tumultuous legislative session.

Senator Vince Hughes of Philadelphia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said “With this reckless, out-of-control, cowboy-like behavior, with this Trumpian behavior that we saw today from Republicans … this does not bode well. It does not bode well for the people of Pennsylvania.”

For now, at least, Democratic State Senator Jim Brewster, of Allegheny County, will not be allowed to take the oath of office, as Republicans believe litigation over the outcome in his race must first play out in federal court.

GOP leaders have said the state constitution gives senators the authority to refuse to seat a member if they believe the person does not meet the qualifications to hold office.

Brewster narrowly won reelection over Republican challenger Nicole Ziccarelli, who is asking a federal judge to throw out the election results.

At the center of that legal dispute are several hundred mail ballots that lacked a handwritten date on an outer envelope, as required by state law. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court allowed those ballots to be counted, which gave Brewster the edge in the race.

Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa (D., Allegheny), said he believes the maneuver was out of “the Trump playbook” of nakedly partisan maneuvers and refusing to accept valid election outcomes.

In the chaotic legislative session, for a while there appeared to be two people presiding over parallel sessions, as Fetterman refused to leave the chamber. And as time ticked by, tempers flared and senators were shouting at each other across the aisle as the two sides locked horns.

Interestingly, tomorrow on Wednesday at the US Capitol, the US Congress is set to count the Electoral College results from the presidential election.

And there are GOP senators who plan to object to some of the votes in an effort to block the certification of the electorate for Democrat Biden. That session of Congress is also sure to be dramatic.

The Biblical prophecies (Matthew 24, Luke 21, 2 Timothy 3) foretell that there will be a time of division with offenses and bitterness that will happen as signs of the Last Days indicating the nearing end of this age.

These events and conditions happening now are warning signs pointing to the nearing fulfillment of the Last Days prophecies at the end of this age revealing it’s time to prepare now for the nearing appearance of Jesus Christ for His Church by being born again spiritually into the Kingdom of God as Jesus said we must (John 3) and His Apostles who were authorized (Matthew 16:19) described how (Acts 2).

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