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Jim Jordan could be the next House speaker. He tried to overturn PA's 2020 election results
Caption: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, along with U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-PA, right, during a "Stop the Steal" rally outside the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg on Nov. 5, 2020, two days after Election Day. (NYT)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette link: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2023/10/16/jim-jordan-speaker-pennsylvania-2020-election/stories/202310160075
WASHINGTON — Republicans’ choice for their next House speaker played an active role in trying to overturn Pennsylvania's 2020 presidential election based on disproven claims of voter fraud.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out votes that gave Joe Biden a victory in a state Donald Trump had carried four years earlier, accused Pennsylvania Democrats of trying to steal the election, voted to reject the state’s certified electoral votes hours after the Capitol was overrun by pro-Trump insurrectionists, and spoke at a “Stop the Steal” rally in Harrisburg shortly after Election Day.
“In my view, Jim Jordan is tainted,” said Ross Baker, a congressional expert and political science professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey. “He carries the taint of being a collaborator with Donald Trump in trying to overturn an honest election and has never backed off from that. He has tenaciously held onto that false belief. This guy is Trump through and through. He is an advocate and somebody who pushed aggressively for the election fraud myth.”
It remains to be seen if Mr. Jordan, who Republicans nominated last week, can secure the 217 votes he needs to win the post in a roll call vote scheduled for Tuesday. With Republicans holding a razor-thin House majority and Democrats sure to unanimously oppose him, he can lose only five GOP lawmakers.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out votes that gave Joe Biden a victory in a state Donald Trump had carried four years earlier, accused Pennsylvania Democrats of trying to steal the election, voted to reject the state’s certified electoral votes hours after the Capitol was overrun by pro-Trump insurrectionists, and spoke at a “Stop the Steal” rally in Harrisburg shortly after Election Day.
“In my view, Jim Jordan is tainted,” said Ross Baker, a congressional expert and political science professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey. “He carries the taint of being a collaborator with Donald Trump in trying to overturn an honest election and has never backed off from that. He has tenaciously held onto that false belief. This guy is Trump through and through. He is an advocate and somebody who pushed aggressively for the election fraud myth.”
It remains to be seen if Mr. Jordan, who Republicans nominated last week, can secure the 217 votes he needs to win the post in a roll call vote scheduled for Tuesday. With Republicans holding a razor-thin House majority and Democrats sure to unanimously oppose him, he can lose only five GOP lawmakers.
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Not only did Gym Jordan meddle with Pennsylvania's election results, he held this rally in Harrisburg BEFORE the winner was even announced. The Repukes already KNEW that Biden would win, and that's why they held the rally.
We should be hopping mad about all of this! I know I am.
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