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TexasTowelie

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Wed Jul 6, 2022, 04:29 PM Jul 2022

New GOP Rep. Mayra Flores refused four times to say whether Biden is the legitimately-elected president [View all]

Republican Rep. Mayra Flores repeatedly refused to say that President Joe Biden was in fact the legitimately-elected president of the United States during an interview, the New York Times reports.

"He's the worst president of the United States," Flores, who had just been sworn-in the day before, told the Times' Jennifer Medina. Medina writes in a story published Wednesday morning that she asked Flores the same question three more times — whether Biden won the 2020 election — and received the same non-committal reply.

Flores' reported apprehension to acknowledge the reality of the 2020 election illustrates how the GOP's newest lawmaker is furthering the efforts of some in the party to continue to question the legitimacy of the last election. Former President Donald Trump continues to argue his baseless claim that the election was stolen, a stance that has been openly mocked by his former Attorney General Bill Barr and others.

Flores has also drawn attention for her past references to the QAnon conspiracy theory and for saying Trump "should've locked Hillary Clinton in jail."

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/mayra-flores-refuses-to-say-biden-is-the-legitimate-president-2022-7

Flores faces incumbent representative Vicente Gonzalez in the general election.

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