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Pelosi Downplays Concerns From Democrats About Reviewing Iowa House Seat Won by Republican: Tells Reporters House has the ability to overturn contested elections
Epoch Times ^ | 03/25/2021 | Jack Phillips

Posted on 03/25/2021 7:28:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) downplayed concerns from some House Democrats about reviewing the Iowa congressional race that was won by six votes.

The House Administration Committee, led by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), is considering hearing Democrat Rita Hart’s challenge against Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ election victory that was certified by the state of Iowa.

Pelosi told reporters that the House has the ability to overturn contested elections and said that Democrats whose races were narrowly contested would do the same as Hart.

“I would say to them, if you lost by six votes, would you like to bring your case before that?” Pelosi asked when questioned by a reporter. “Now, if I wanted to be unfair, I wouldn’t have seated the Republican from Iowa. Because that was my right on the opening day. I would have just said, ‘You’re not seated.’ And that would have been my right as Speaker to do. But we didn’t want to do that. We just said, ‘Let’s just go through this process,'” she added.

Several moderate Democrats pushed back against the House leadership’s challenge to Miller-Meeks’ seat.

“I’m sorry, I cannot support overturning an election, especially given everything that’s gone on,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), a swing district Democrat, told the “Skullduggery” podcast. “I can’t turn around and vote to decertify something that’s been stamped and approved in Iowa.”

Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) said on March 22 that the “election result was certified by the State of Iowa, and Rep. Miller-Meeks was sworn in nearly three months ago … it’s time to move on.”

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1 posted on 03/25/2021 7:28:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s settled law. Why is Nanzi a denier?


2 posted on 03/25/2021 7:29:31 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: SeekAndFind

If and when the Republicans retake power, the first thing they should do is expel every single democrat/leftist.


3 posted on 03/25/2021 7:29:46 PM PDT by TheConservator (Beware the tyranny of the woke mob. There has never been a greater threat to liberty.)
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To: SeekAndFind

No words. Welcome to totalitarianism.


4 posted on 03/25/2021 7:30:06 PM PDT by Shady (Prince Andrew must be dethroned...ASAP.. )
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To: TheConservator

“If and when the Republicans retake power, the first thing they should do is expel every single democrat/leftist.”

And cancel their pensions!


5 posted on 03/25/2021 7:33:12 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Hillary Clinton =The Pig In A Pantsuit (The PIAPS))
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To: SeekAndFind

Uuhhh Nanzi, aren’t ALL ELECTIONS contested. Including the one for POTUS.


6 posted on 03/25/2021 7:35:16 PM PDT by xkaydet65 ( )
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To: Fai Mao

Draw the line my friends. They’re already playing hardball and this ain’t funny. The government can drop dead if the seat gets taken away. They’re phu-king with us at this point. Seeing if we’re chumps.


7 posted on 03/25/2021 7:35:35 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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To: SeekAndFind
Now if I wanted to I could have just issued an EO and cancelled future Presidential elections. But that would have been unfair. Instead we decided to go through the process of stealing elections which is a lot more fair.


8 posted on 03/25/2021 7:36:23 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: TheConservator

If and when the Republicans retake power, the first thing they should do is expel every single democrat/leftist.
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Right. Our pansy, pussified Republicans?

They would always let Democrats have their way. Been this way for decades now (since maybe Newt’s Contract with America)


9 posted on 03/25/2021 7:37:05 PM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: Shady

One step closer to single party rule.


10 posted on 03/25/2021 7:38:35 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: TheConservator

A big IF with Democrats able to rig elections.


11 posted on 03/25/2021 7:43:32 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Pontiac
"All in favor , raise your hand..."

12 posted on 03/25/2021 7:44:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Starcitizen

They are all quite happy to be long-term losers, enjoy the Wash DC cocktail circuit, lap up their pensions, and take the cushy follow-on rain-making jobs at defense contractors. Eff all of them!


13 posted on 03/25/2021 7:44:32 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (The Weak Never Started, The Cowards fail along the way, Only the Strong Survive)
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To: TheConservator

“If and when the Republicans retake power, the first thing they should do is expel every single democrat/leftist.”

We know they won’t, they know they won’t, and the Democrats know they won’t. Until somebody on the Right is willing to use power, this will only get worse. If and when the Republicans retake the House, it take all of the pressure we can bring to keep them from sharing power with the Democrats.


14 posted on 03/25/2021 7:50:18 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Biden is a potato)
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To: a fool in paradise

delusions of grandeur... She can do anything .... in her mind. Her position has gone to her head... SHE’S A NUT.


15 posted on 03/25/2021 7:50:55 PM PDT by DOC44
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To: SeekAndFind
“Now, if I wanted to be unfair, I wouldn’t have seated the Republican from Iowa. Because that was my right on the opening day. I would have just said, ‘You’re not seated.’ And that would have been my right as Speaker to do.

Article 1 Section 5

Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members,

The Constitution says that ‘each house’ shall be the judge, not the Speaker. The Speaker is not the House.

I don’t know if or how the House rules deal with a contested election of a member, so perhaps the speaker is vested with such power by the rules. I as a member would not be comfortable with such a rule. I don’t think such a powerful office should have that much power over the individual members.

In my opinion it would take a vote of the whole House to declare the seat vacant or expel Miller-Meeks.

Also I don’t think that it should be the house that decides a contested election of a member, choses the winner.

If an election is that much in doubt. The election should be re-run. There is too much self interest at stake for the Speaker or the House majority.

16 posted on 03/25/2021 7:52:26 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: BenLurkin
I can see the House under Pelosi going that way.

No need for roll call votes anymore.

“The observation of the Chair is that the yahs have it.”

Every vote will go the Democrats way.

17 posted on 03/25/2021 8:02:33 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: a fool in paradise

She’s drunk....on power


18 posted on 03/25/2021 8:17:04 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: SeekAndFind

Would not dare try.


19 posted on 03/25/2021 8:23:08 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: SeekAndFind

These evil SOB’s are hoping for another Civil War.


20 posted on 03/25/2021 8:38:41 PM PDT by bimboeruption (Trump = The best President since Washington. )
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