Posted on 12/08/2020 1:09:30 PM PST by SmokingJoe
Congressional Republicans on the bipartisan Inaugural Committee voted down a resolution by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) naming Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden president-elect. The committee vote on Tuesday was 3-3, with all three GOP members voting against the resolution.
In a statement released after the vote, Hoyer accused Republicans of threatening democracy, “The extent to which Republicans are refusing to accept the outcome of the election and recognize Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as our next President and Vice President is astounding. Their continued deference to President Trump’s post-election temper tantrums threatens our democracy and undermines faith in our system of elections.”
The committee members are Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Hoyer, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Sen. Roy Blount (R-MO).
Politico’s Heather Caygle reported via Twitter on the vote:
“NEW: The Inaugural Committee fails to pass simple resolution essentially acknowledging Biden as president-elect after all Republicans opposed. Hoyer offered the resolution, which failed 3-3. Other committee members are Pelosi, McConnell, McCarthy, Blunt and Klobuchar…The resolution was very basic, per folks with knowledge. It would’ve notified American people that Congress is preparing for inauguration of Biden and Harris “in coordination with health experts” as “we observe this transition of power.”
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Blunt issued a statement on the vote saying, “It is not the job of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to get ahead of the electoral process and decide who we are inaugurating. The JCCIC is facing the challenge of planning safe Inaugural Ceremonies during a global pandemic. I would hope that, going forward, the members of the JCCIC would adhere to the committee’s long-standing tradition of bipartisan cooperation and focus on the task at hand.”
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Powell “Our votes were counted in Frankfurt, Germany and altered in Barcelona, Spain.”
See the video at 5:12;
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/sidney-powell-going-proceed-emergency-appeal-expect-get-relief-supreme-court-video/
I could be wong.
No Sen. Hoyer, what we republicans are doing is threatening COMMUNISM.
We are protecting our REPUBLIC from the COMMUNIST fools in the RAT party.
When a leading Dem who has worked his entire career to undermine the voting system says this, it makes my blood boil. I swear it is time for some of these traitors to start disappearing.
Hey Stenchy, too bad. Put some ice on it.
“President-elect “ No such thing. Made up crap.
Me too. Arrogant, pompous, Israel-hating, Arab loving Canadian who somehow wound up on American network TV.
Is an inauguration party Essential Business? Maybe they can save some lives by taking a pass this year, as they insist that we do with church attendance and sacred holidays.
Indeed. But they all keep saying it over and over, as if their saying it authenticates Biden's election.
Blow it out your Pelosi, Stenny.
Has nothing to do with democracy, threatening or otherwise. Its about saving the republic.
The corrupt party corruptocrat lecturing on threatening Democracy.
No credibility from ANY democrat congresscritter.
Is this standard practice? Has it been done before?
The Democrat Liberals are no longer the party of JFK. My term for them now is Democrat Socialist Communists (Dem/Soc/Comm). They are a disgrace to this amazing country that is the envy of the World and has been copied many times over.
They call themselves Progressives, I call them Regressives back to the days of totalitarian control by despots who have killed countless millions in their need for power.
Hoyer, look at what your party has become under the influence of a few freshmen congress people. The Squad's mantra is everything for everyone no matter who has to pay for it. This Nation was founded on equal opportunity, not equal outcome. You should be ashamed you're helping to head this amazing Experiment to its doom.
Tell me Hoyer, once everyone gets what they want, what does Utopia look like? Eternal peace? Ha, I've spent 2 days at a commune in the 60's. They fell apart a week later because so many just wanted to bang on their drums and sing Kumbaya while others did the work required. Guess who left first you dumb shit?
Ya I know, this time socialism and communism will work because of the right people in place. You and your ilk will never get that when you take from the producers to support the no-loads it will never work. It kills the incentive of the producers. It's a human characteristic that you ignore, as did the Soviet Union, Cuba, and now Venezuela. Other examples abound.
Signed. An 11 year Navy Veteran who helped defend your right to say such anti-American crap. I'm starting to wonder why and others bothered.
It is Steny Hoyer who threatens democracy and the Republic by trying to force through a resolution when the elecion is being contested. Why cannot the democrats wait until there is some resolution to the question of the integrity of this election before trying to shoehorn Biden into the presidency? This is just another democrat trick!
Apparently Ass Hoyer doesn’t understand that the threat to democracy is not that vote, but the millions of illegal votes cast by democrats. Once again, they are what they accuse us of.
I am going to put money that Berry was the pitcher....
The Inaugural Committee is the party planners. It’s a great job because they use our money for the party. These bums work about 2 days a week, if you call what they do work, the rest of the time is spent with crap like Inaugural Parties.
It is going to be VERY interesting to see who all gets caught in the net of EO 13848.
Steny is a long time Democrat back.
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