Meet The Press requested Democratic House chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) if he would vote to certify the election outcomes, and his reply spoke volumes about GOP election denialism.
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Video of Jeffries:
Leader Hakeem Jeffries gave the right reply when requested by #MTP if he would vote to certify the election outcomes, “Certainly. That has at all times been the case as a result of in America, the peaceable switch of energy is sacrosanct.” pic.twitter.com/aAb7y5z6la
â Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) June 2, 2024
Jeffries mentioned when Peter Alexander requested if he would vote to certify the 2024 election outcomes, “Certainly,
that has at all times been uh the case as a result of in America, the peaceable switch of energy is sacrosanct. That’s one of many the explanation why many Americans, Democrats, independents, and conventional Republicans have been troubled by the election denialism or the denial that we’ve seen coming from the opposite aspect of the aisle. I’m hopeful that this might be a marketing campaign centered on the problems, and Democrats are gonna proceed to articulate our imaginative and prescient for fixing issues for hard-working American taxpayers to create a shiny future for everybody.”
The complete alternate on Meet The Press lasted for 47 seconds.
Jeffries revealed that questions on certifying the election should not troublesome for individuals who assist democracy.
Republicans battle to reply when requested if they’ll vote to certify the election as a result of they don’t need to admit that they don’t seem to be supporting democracy. Whether or not members of Congress will vote to certify a presidential election shouldn’t be a query. The founders by no means supposed for democracy to be debatable, however Republicans are selecting to carry a debate on whether or not the United States stays a democracy, and that’s the reason their refusal to reply whether or not they vote to certify the election is an assault on democracy.
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