Congressional Democratic leaders told Axios on Thursday that they do not intend to certify the 2024 election if former President Donald Trump wins.
The failure to commit to certifying the election shows that many members of the House Oversight Committee, including House Oversight Committee member and former Jan. 6 committee member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), are hypocrites. I'll have to prove it. said Axios said it did not know whether it would certify Trump's victory.
Raskin challenged Trump's electors in 2017 and denied Trump won the 2016 election.
Mr. Raskin assumed that the election was free, fair and honest, saying, “If Mr. Trump wins a free, fair and honest election, of course we will accept it.'' “I never assumed that,” he added. “The Democratic Party will not engage in election fraud or election fabrication.”
A video of the February 2024 panel discussion was released in September, in which Raskin argued that Congress should override President Trump's victory, even though it could risk a “civil war.” I guessed that it would.
Breitbart News' Joel Pollack wrote, “Whether Raskin was actually outlining a plan of action, or rather whether the U.S. Supreme Court would impose an undue burden on Congress to remove Trump from office.'' It's unclear whether he was using that hypothesis to claim that he did,” Breitbart News' Joel Pollack reported. .
House Rules Committee Ranking Member Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) also told Axios that Democrats “assuming everything goes the way we expect…we'll have to wait and see how everything goes.” ” he said. McGovern also opposed Trump's electors in 2017.
“I don't know what kind of shenanigans Mr. Bush pulled,” said Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), who opposed George W. Bush's 2005 victory. [Trump] is planning… We will have to make sure that in any election… all the rules are followed. ”
Vice President Kamala Harris has strongly criticized Republican lawmakers who opposed President Joe Biden's 2020 victory, but has not yet said whether she supports certifying President Trump's victory.
Democrats have long argued that Republicans are election deniers because they question the entire election, but Democrats have also denied the election results more than 150 times.
Biden and the Democratic Party have a long history. fight election results, include Hillary Clinton and barbara lee (D-CA), Maxine waters (D-CA)and sheila jackson Lee (D-TX)they have all questioned every Republican presidential victory of the past 20 years. in fact, every single According to the RNC, Democratic presidents have questioned the legitimacy of U.S. elections since 1977. biden raise doubts Regarding the legitimacy of the 2022 midterm elections.
Either 2013 And in 2016, Biden claimed That gore won 2000 presidential election. In May 2019, Biden said:absolutely agree“Trump is”illegal president” Biden claimed in 2013, according to the pool report: [Gore] Elected President of the United States. ”
The Democratic Party didn't just deny the election results. They called the election “stolen,””fraudulent“and”coup d'etat” In 2002, Goa claimed He said he “would have won” if every vote in Florida had been counted and that he “absolutely” believed he would become president after the ordered recount. 2016, Hillary Clinton said The Supreme Court said:seized the position of president” in Bush vs. Gore.
Democrats have repeatedly questioned the legitimacy of the 2004 election. In 2006, then-DNC Chairman Howard Dean said In 2004, he said, “I'm not confident that the Ohio election was decided fairly.'' Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said It is “appropriate” to have discussion 2004 election and claimed It said there were “legitimate concerns” about “.”sincerity” of the US election. Then-Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) raise doubts He referred to the security of electronic voting machines in the 2004 election, saying it was “concerning” that some machines had no paper trail.
Democrats are also questioning the 2016 election. In 2017, seven House Democrats I tried it Object to the 2016 electoral votes. After Trump's victory in 2016, 67 Democrats boycotted the presidential inauguration, with some claiming it was Trump's victory. not legal.
September 2017, Hillary Clinton said She won't “exclude” ask a question The legitimacy of the 2016 election. In October 2020, Mr. Clinton claimed The 2016 presidential election was not held legally. I'm saying“I still don't really understand what happened.”
Most recently, Democrats supported Stacey Abrams' stolen election claims. Hillary Clinton said Stacey Abrams “I would have wonGeorgia gubernatorial election: “If she had run a fair election” stacey abrams “should be governor” but “votes were taken away.” [she] I would have gotten it otherwise. ”Sen. Cory Booker (Democrat of New Jersey) said, “I think Stacey Abrams' election is moving forward.” stolen From her. ”Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) fought “If Stacey Abrams doesn’t win Georgia, they stall that. “Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said “The evidence seems to suggest that the lace was stolen from Stacey Abrams.”
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former RNC war room analyst. he is the author of politics of slave morality. Follow Wendell “×” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
