said Sean Steele, a Republican National Committee member from California. Breitbart News Sunday Democrats won several seats in the Golden State because votes received after Election Day were counted, a practice that would have been illegal in other states.
Mr. Steele is the husband of Rep. Michelle Steele (R-Calif.), who narrowly lost to Democratic challenger Derek Tran by 603 votes on Election Day; He was leading by a margin of 10,000 votes.
“It all goes back to COVID and the way the law was changed…absentee ballots for everyone flooded the market,” Steele said. Breitbart News Sunday. His wife won on Election Day and even on absentee ballots, but lost significantly in dropbox votes.
He added that one-third of the votes in District 45, which is inland Orange County, were cast after Election Day.
Republican incumbents lost three seats in California, but Republicans maintained overall control of the House by a narrow margin. Steele said Republicans were also unable to narrowly flip Democratic-held seats in California.
Mr. Steele's wife, Congressman Steele, has been targeted by pro-choice advocates over her pro-life stance, a strategy used nationally by Democrats. But Sean Steele claimed he lost based on the final vote count. It's completely legal in California, but illegal in other parts of the country.
He noted that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which has jurisdiction over Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, has: struck down A state law that allows ballots to be counted after Election Day, even if they are postmarked by Election Day. The RNC was challenging a Mississippi law that allows such ballots to be counted.
The commissioner has long been a champion of the idea that Republicans should adopt Democrats' own “vote-hunting” tactics against them, but on Sunday he offered the classic model: photo ID. He said voters should go back to the classic model of voting in person and registering to vote for one day. In advance—it was necessary.
Congressman Steele may be under consideration for positions in the incoming Trump administration, including as ambassador to South Korea.
Joel B. Pollack is a senior editor at Breitbart News. Breitbart News Sunday Sunday nights from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM ET (4:00 PM to 7:00 PM PT) on Sirius XM Patriot. he is the author of Agenda: What should President Trump do in his first 100 days?available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of Trumpian Virtues: Lessons and Legacy of the Donald Trump Presidencynow available on Audible. He is the recipient of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter @joelpolak.
