Posted on 03/31/2021 2:54:29 PM PDT by Kaslin
The dispute in Congress over Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District race is now officially over.
Democrat nominee Rita Hart, who took her case to the Democrat-controlled House in December, instead of the courts, after losing the election by 6 votes to her Republican opponent, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, released a statement on Twitter just minutes ago declaring that she was withdrawing her petition to the House Administration Committee because she couldn’t effectively combat the wave of negative PR she and her fellow Democrats brought on themselves over the issue:
“After many conversations with people I trust about the future of this contest, I have made the decision to withdraw my contest before the House Committee on Administration. Since Election Day, and throughout this entire process, my mission has been about ensuring the voices of Iowans who followed the law are not silenced. I am saddened that some Iowans’ votes will not count through no fault of their own,” she said.“Despite our best efforts to have every vote counted, the reality is that the toxic campaign of political disinformation to attack this constitutional review of the closest congressional contest in 100 years has effectively silenced the voices of Iowans. It is a stain on our democracy that the truth has not prevailed and my hope for the future is a return to decency and civility.”
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
Actually without the help of weak-kneed Republicans they could not steal the seat. Ms. Miller-Meeks is officially seated in the House. The Constitution does allow the House to remove a sitting member without the involvement of any other government body, but a 2/3 majority is required. The Dems do not have anywhere close to a 2/3 majority, so this was never going anywhere. It’s just the latest round of “Democrat Political Kabuki Theater”, after the failed impeachment trials, which likewise never stood a chance.
She was probably promised by Pelosi and the democrats that the Dominion machines would ensure she was elected in 2022.
Good to hammer them even though they are done and over.
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