U.S. HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI WILL ALLOW THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION TO MEET MONDAY TO CONSIDER THE CHALLENGE TO THE ELECTION RESULTS IN IOWA’S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
A STATE RECOUNT SHOWED REPUBLICAN MARIANNETTE MILLER-MEEKS WON BY SIX VOTES OVER DEMOCRAT RITA HART.
THE HART CAMPAIGN HAS CHALLENGED THE RESULT, ALLEGING 22 BALLOTS WERN’T COUNTED. HART DID NOT TAKE THE MATTER TO COURT, INSTEAD CHOOSING TO HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY HOUSE REVIEW THE DECISION.
REPUBLICANS CLAIM DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO STEAL THE SEAT.
PELOSI SAYS SHE’S FOLLOWING A FAIR AND LEGAL PROCESS FOR REVIEWING A CONTESTED ELECTION.
SHE SAYS IF SHE WANTED TO BE UNFAIR, SHE WOULDN’T HAVE SEATED MILLER-MEEKS.
NO DECISION IS EXPECTED MONDAY.
GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SAYS THE OUTCOME OF IOWA’S CONTESTED SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RACE COULD BE A HARBINGER OF EFFORTS TO FEDERALIZE U.S. ELECTIONS.
AT A NEWS CONFERENCE AT IOWA G-O-P HEADQUARTERS, REYNOLDS AGAIN BLASTED DEMOCRAT RITA HART FOR ASKING A U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW BALLOTS CAST IN HER RACE AGAINST REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN MARIANNETTE MILLER-MEEKS.
HR1A OC……BE WIPED AWAY.” :16
U.S. HOUSE DEMOCRATS PASSED RESOLUTION — H-R ONE — EARLIER THIS MONTH AND, AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT SEEKS TO BAR STATES FROM LIMITING THE ABILITY TO VOTE BY MAIL.
IOWA G-O-P CHAIRMAN JEFF KAUFMANN SAYS HART’S DECISION TO ASK A U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE SECOND DISTRICT RACE ISN’T ILLEGAL, BUT HE SAYS IT’S IMMORAL.
HR1B OC…….TRUMP MY VOTE.” :10
AT LEAST A HALF DOZEN DEMOCRATS IN THE U.S. HOUSE HAVE PUBLICLY EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT OVERTURNING MILLER-MEEKS ELECTION AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP PRESSED TO HAVE CONGRESS OVERTURN HIS LOSS TO PRESIDENT BIDEN.
THE U.S. HOUSE HAS CONSIDERED MORE THAN 100 PETITIONS LIKE HART’S OVER THE PAST EIGHT DECADES AND WOUND UP OVERTURNING THE RESULTS IN JUST FOUR CASES.
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