McCarthy calls on Pelosi to reject efforts to contest Iowa House race
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to reject efforts to contest the results of Iowa's 2nd Congressional District, arguing that unseating Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) would be a partisan attempt to overturn a legitimate election outcome.
In a letter sent to Pelosi on Monday, McCarthy noted that the election has been certified, a recount of the narrowly won race has already taken place and Miller-Meeks has been seated.
"All votes have been counted, and Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks won her election. Not only did Dr. Miller-Meeks not trail in any officially reported count, but she also continued to lead following a recount conducted by bipartisan recount boards, which included a member from each campaign and an agreed upon third party," he wrote.
"On November 30, 2020, the bipartisan State Canvassing Board voted unanimously to certify Congresswoman Miller-Meeks as the winner. Then, on January 3, 2021, you seated Congresswoman Miller-Meeks as a Member of Congress with support from every Democratic Member," he wrote.
The California Republican took aim at Democratic candidate Rita Hart for opting to go to Congress instead of challenging the race in the courts, arguing that the Democratic majority on the panel wouldn't provide an objective process.
"Yet Rita Hart has contested the results of Iowa's free and fair election with the Committee on House Administration, which is made up of twice as many Democrats as Republicans. In fact, Contestant Hart purposefully skipped Iowa's impartial courts and moved directly to this Democrat-controlled committee, stating it was 'the only way to get the result we need,' " he continued. "While the Constitution gives Congress the authority to determine its own members, it is unprecedented and antithetical to our democracy to unseat the duly elected and certified winner of a state election simply because you have the majority."
McCarthy went on to allege that Pelosi has "begun to manipulate" and accuse Democrats of selecting counsel that poses a conflict of interest.
"You have already begun to manipulate this contest in order to guarantee a win for Contestant Hart, inventing brand-new procedure that violates federal law and your own rules," the letter states. "Unbelievably, this would require almost nothing from Contestant Hart but would have Congresswoman Miller-Meeks prove that she won her seat, despite holding a valid election certificate. Even worse, as Ranking Member Rodney Davis [R-Ill.] noted, Marc Elias, an attorney recently sanctioned by a federal appellate court for untruthfulness, represents half of the Democrats on the Committee-the judges-while also representing Contestant Hart, a serious conflict of interest."
"I urge you to put your faith in our democracy and dismiss this partisan contest. While you may have the ability through force of majority vote to disenfranchise Iowa voters and replace their selection with your own, Iowa's voters, the American people, and every duly-elected Representative serving in this 117th Congress with the same certifications and credentials that Congresswoman Miller-Meeks, you, and I have deserve better," he wrote.
Pelosi has defended the push to challenge the election results, refuting accusations it would be unfair to overturn the race.
"If I wanted to be unfair, I wouldn't have seated the Republican from Iowa," she said at a recent press conference. "But we didn't want to do that. We just said, let's just go through this process. So I want credit for that."
The Biden Administration has also said they feel it is appropriate to look into the matter.
"I believe that the process that is outlined by the House of Representatives is what's being followed here to ensure every vote is counted, so no, he wouldn't agree with that," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a press conference when asked whether President Biden would agree with GOP senators alleging the challenge was an attempt to "undermine a legitimate Democratic process."
Miller-Meeks won her race by six votes, but Hart has argued there are a handful of ballots that were unjustly rejected by the state.
The controversial move comes after more than 100 Republicans unsuccessfully attempted to challenge the certification of the presidential election results in January.
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It appears the Speaker is uncomfortable with her razor-thin majority and is willing to go to any lengths to increase it.
That drips with utter hypocrisy...
With JUST as much hypocrisy as the Democrats who decried Trump's efforts to overturn a certified election, but now consider this travesty?
LMFAO!
It wasn't just Trump, it was 144 Republicans.
Based on the House rules, Hart has a right to challenge.
Is it your posit that the House shouldn't consider the challenge per their rules?
My "posit" is that Nancy us a hypocritical fool willing to do almost anything to hold her razor-thin majority and is willing to ever-ride a certified election, along with her henchmen in the Democratic Party.
Hart should have challenged in state court. She did not do so.
I say send her ass packing.
She lost, and the results were recounted AND certified.
'Nancy' didn't file the challenge, Hart did. Why do you think that the House should ignore their own rules?
That's your opinion.
Again, she has a right to make a challenge in any form she wants.
So again, you want them to ignore their own rules 'because'.
And?
You and yours were all about Trump et al challenging votes that were counted, recounted AND certified. It's hypocritical to demand that others be denied the same.
I didn't claim Pelosi filed, so wtf are you rambling on about?
I know who the fuck filed it.
Is Congress obligated to take her case? If so, cite the law.
She didn't contest in the state courts. She deliberately wanted a tainted "jury" to help her overturn the results of a certified election. She didn't want the courts in her own state to look at it.
Damn, I am SO SICK of that fucking bullshit. IF YOU CAN CITE ME ONE TIME QUESTIONING THJE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION, THEN DO IT.
We both already know you can't so why lie?
It's just lazy and dishonest as hell.
So you're blaming Pelosi for an action she didn't take.
Then WHY are you blaming Pelosi?
You KNOW this how?
Where did I say that YOU questioned the results of the election Tex? Since 'we' can all see that I didn't, I guess that makes your comment a lie and just lazy and dishonest as hell.
Can you not remember what you post now?
WTF ELSE could you POSSIBLY have meant?
No sense in lying about what I post.
She did NOT contest the race in Iowa courts, if you have evidence she did, then present it. She opted to go with a Democratic House to bail her out.
You get in arguments with people on this forum all day long, because you go off topic and ask inane endless questions so much. It would be comical if it wasnt so annoying. Do you have an "A" game because I am sure no one has ever seen it.
I am not the topic here.
no need to bring my a game when I am dealing with the junior varsity.
I meant what I SAID. Trump et al challenging NOT YOU challenging. Reading is fundamental. No need to lie about what I posted.
Which in NO WAY lends support for your claim that:
So AGAIN, you KNOW that how?
Yes, Pelosi and the House Democrats are overflowing with hypocrisy trying to overturn an election that has been independently certified by the state; and the offered process of contesting through the courts was ignored.
Hart's statement of 'the only way to get the result we need' tells it all. This isn't about fair, this is about Democrats increasing and holding their power by any means necessary. Impartial and fair mean nothing to Democrats.
Unlike the Courts, the Congress doesn't require that the challenger appeal to a lower authority.
Great! Post a link where Hart made that statement.
Since Hart's challenge states that she wants ALL of the votes to be counted, that would imply that she want a 'fair' count.
Okay.
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Thanks for the truncated video clip that starts mid sentence. I prefer entire sentences and even better, whole videos rather than edited clips.
you asked, I provided. I don't care what your personal preference is.
Yes I know that the full content and context are unimportant to you Tex.
then do your own fucking research and stop pestering me. thanks!
No one is forcing your to read replies Tex. Burn that victim card.
Not in any way would I ever allow myself to be a victim.
I'll let the members of the Church of the Perpetually Offended do that.
Just do your own research from now on since you never seem to like it when you ask and I provide.
That way you'll be happier and I won't waste time providing what you ask for.
Those that use the victim card aren't victims Tex.
You really need to make sense before posting to me.
I don't do gobbledy-gook well.
No victim here, no victim card here--unless you consider the one in your imagination as "real".
Always do.
Yet you persist.
Oh but you're being 'pestered', poor thing...
You do what you do.
Oh darn Kevin, is the sauce for the goose now being used for the gander?
Um, Biden is President.
No election was overturned.
Nancy wants to increase her majority.
A political ploy that reeks of Democratic desperation.
Whatever twists your panties Tex.
Whatever you want to be in denial about...............
The Dems are on track to lose the House by way more than one vote
Way to go Pelosi....establishing astonishing precedents daily
Any one of which could bite her in the ass.
Hart dropped her suit.
Looks like old Nancy had to break the bad news to her---Nancy couldn't coax her party to vote to seat her. That must have been tough for Nancy to admit--that she isn't as powerful as she once thought she was.
Nancy Pelosi is EXACTLY as powerful as she was the day before you posted your seed Tex.
It's cool with me if you want to pretend.
All hail the Queen Nancy!!
Link?
And several other sources.
When I asked for a link, I meant one that supported you claim Greg. The politico link fails to do so. Try harder.