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The electoral counts of 2001, 2017, and 2021 (and probably a few others I've missed) all included members of congress making motions to dismiss the electoral votes of entire states to change the outcome of the election. To their credit, none of the standing VPs entertained these motions, but "tried to officially overthrow the counted votes" is a bar we passed quite a while ago without much fanfare: none of the representatives making these motions saw consequences from doing so.
Making frivolous objections to electoral votes based on false claims of electoral irregularities (which wouldn't include 2001, but would probably include 2005 and definitely include 2017 and 2021) is bad and the congresscritters who did it should feel bad. But they are protected from prosecution by the Speech and Debate clause, so this isn't a case of selective prosecution. The House should probably have censured the Reps who made frivolous objections in 2017 - although most of them never got the chance to make false allegations on the record, so it would presumably only have been for disorderly conduct.
Incidentally, the VP doesn't have any discretion whether to entertain an objection - under the rules at the time, he has to accept it and allow a debate if it is supported by at least one Rep and at least one Senator (as in 2005 and 2021), and can't accept it if it is only supported by Reps (as in 2001 and 2017). (It now requires a fifth of the members of each house to force a debate on an objection).
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