Jim Jordan: 'No way' Trump should concede | TheHill
With nutjobs like Jordan in leadership is it any wonder that the once Grand Old Party of Abraham Lincoln is now known merely as the gop?
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Donald John TrumpDozens of protesters gathered outside home of Michigan elections chiefArizona legislature shuts down after Giuliani tests positive for coronavirusTrump election claims dominate Georgia Senate debateMORE's staunchest defenders in the House, said in remarks published Monday that doesn't think Trump should concede the 2020 election after the Electoral College certifies President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenDozens of protesters gathered outside home of Michigan elections chiefBiden picks infectious diseases specialist to lead CDC: reportTrump election claims dominate Georgia Senate debateMORE's victory next week.
"No. No way, no way, no way," the Ohio Republican told CNN, adding: "We should still try to figure out exactly what took place here. And as I said that includes, I think, debates on the House floor — potentially on January 6."
The president has continued to reject the results in the weeks since Election Day, while his campaign and supporters mount thus far fruitless legal challenges in a number of states where he lost, including Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin, making unsubstantiated allegations of fraud.
"I know we have members who feel that way, feel very strongly about we should be debating what took place in Pennsylvania," Jordan said. "But, you know, you had all kinds of crazy things happening in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, all these in Nevada … So everything you look at doesn't make sense."
Earlier on Monday, a legal challenge brought by Republicans in Michigan seeking to decertify the state's election results, which show Biden winning by more than 150,000 votes, was shot down by a federal judge. The defeat adds to a growing heap of rejected lawsuits by the president's team and his allies aimed at invalidating or decertifying votes in multiple states.
A growing number of Republicans in Congress have come to publicly acknowledge Biden's victory in the past few weeks. However, others still feel the House should take up floor debates on the matter.
"There are members who believe there could be value in having substantive debate of what occurred in states with substantial irregularities," Rep. Matt Gaetz
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"I don't believe that 10 hours of debate on that subject would impair the union," he added.
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Is it any wonder that the once Grand Old Party of Abraham Lincoln is now known merely as the gop?
the pathetic party
No, as it has been known as the GOP for well over 150 years now. Do try at least to keep up
The upper case GOP devolved unto the lower case gop defined as the brown sludge often found at the bottom of dirty refrigerators or hot water tanks. Something like this is gop...
Only in the minds of folks who don't know any better, or those living in La La Land.
I guess you just don't know any better!
Only to you. Because you spam that meaningless catchphrase on every seed.
He must be trying to capture the cadence and lack of cohesive sentence structure of Trump...
I bet the 2020 election was more carefully carried out and watched over and the final count more accurate than any previous election in the history of the USA. But, unfortunately, there are still so many ignoramuses in the USA bitching about this one. They simply cannot accept that their demi-god was a loser.
IS a loser.
Both.
If I were in Congress, and looking at certifying the election, I might be willing to explore a debate if any of these claims had held up so far. Just one would at least start a conversation worth having. But so far, the Trump campaign is 0-for-however many of these appeals they have sought. And you have to assume they went with their strongest arguments first.
Yes, and those got rejected pretty soundly and forcefully.
No way someone as incredibly stupid and inept as Jim Jordan should be in Congress.