Posted on 12/05/2018 9:38:20 AM PST by Trump20162020
A top Democrat on Tuesday threatened not to seat the Republican winner in a closely contested North Carolina House race when the new Congress takes power in January, citing allegations of "serious fraudulent activity" involving possible ballot harvesting.
State election officials unanimously refused to certify the results of the race on Friday and may call for a new election, potentially erasing what is now unofficially a 905-vote lead by Republican Mark Harris over Democrat Dan McCready in the fight for the 9th Congressional District. The margin is less than half a percentage point of total votes cast.
Incoming Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Tuesday that a "very substantial question" about fraud hangs over the race for a seat Republicans have held since 1963.
"The House ... has the authority over the propriety of the election," Hoyer said. "This is a very substantial question. [It] ought to be resolved before we seat any member."
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Here is the second paragraph of Benjamin Franklin's address to the Constitutional Convention on the 2nd of June 1787. It explains it all.
"Sir, there are two passions which have a powerful influence on the affairs of men. These are ambition and avarice; the love of power, and the love of money. Separately each of these has great force in prompting men to action; but when united in view of the same object, they have in many minds the most violent effects. Place before the eyes of such men, a post of honour that shall be at the same time a place of profit, and they will move heaven and earth to obtain it. The vast number of such places it is that renders the British Government so tempestuous. The struggles for them are the true sources of all those factions which are perpetually dividing the Nation, distracting its Councils, hurrying sometimes into fruitless & mischievous wars, and often compelling a submission to dishonorable terms of peace. And of what kind are the men that will strive for this profitable pre- eminence, through all the bustle of cabal, the heat of contention, the infinite mutual abuse of parties, tearing to pieces the best of characters? It will not be the wise and moderate; the lovers of peace and good order, the men fittest for the trust. It will be the bold and the violent, the men of strong passions and indefatigable activity in their selfish pursuits. These will thrust themselves into your Government and be your rulers. -And these too will be mistaken in the expected happiness of their situation: For their vanquished competitors of the same spirit, and from the same motives will perpetually be endeavouring to distress their administration, thwart their measures, and render them odious to the people.'
He saw far and warned us later "A Repubblic, if you can keep it".
ROTFL
I one-up you. Democrats are smarter than GOP!
If it weren’t for double standards, they’d have no standards at all.
l. The vote is only valid if the Democrat wins.
2. Continue recounts until the Democrat wins.
3. If all else fails, get a liberal judge to declare the election invalid.
Let me get this right - Democrats practice “ballot harvesting” - yet still lose this particular election - so they are going to never certify the results... based on possible improprieties in the election????
Do they REALLY want an investigation that will (if undertaken with genuine integrity... LOL) reveal massive DEMOCRAT vote fraud???
“Since the Dems control the House, that can’t happen in that chamber.”
But they don’t control the House, not yet. Not until the winners are actually seated.
So if the current House leadership grew some balls they could refuse to seat them until any election shenanigans were investigated.
“...commie RAT bastards....”
Democrats have no problem using the word “nazi” to describe Republicans, but why do Republicans have a problem with speaking about the Che Guevarra posters in Democrat offices and the support of ANTIFA communists by Democrats?
Just asking.
IMHO
I don’t understand it. The consent decree is over. They can fight back now. But they won’t.
The Dim’s may expose the fraud that was California and their harvesting of 7 solid republican Orange County seats some two weeks after the election.
Wonder if the two DNC State Reps are talking???
More importantly, are the RNC State reps talking?
And when will DJT weigh in?
Not ONE member of Congress from California should be certified, seated or permitted to author, sponsor or vote on any piece of legislation UNTIL such time as a true, honest and legitimate vote can be held in that Shithole state.
OK, so the Dems wish to play that game. Not what most people would want, but for every move there IS a counter-move:
The Republicans should threaten not to seat that Marxist bitch from AZ in the Senate, if this NC Republican isn’t seated.
Let’s see how they like them apples.
I one-up you. Democrats are smarter than GOP!
Not smarter by a long shot but definitely more crooked, better at lying (it’s in their DNA) and totally without morals.
This Greg Re guy sounds more and more like a hidden dem.
“They’re politicians ... they’re neither men, nor honourable.”
Ridiculous people.
They fight everything, and GOP Inc fights almost nothing.
GOP Inc must become extinct.
Good opportunity for the departing Congress to ban harvesting nationwide for Federal elections. They get ONE re-do in NC, and we get SEVEN re-dos in California.
Yep, this is “whataboutism”, deflection and hand-waving to distract from the CLEAR theft of US House seats in Fascist KKKalifornistan.
LOL, you can tell Anne Coulter gave good advice a couple weeks ago (about not sitting dubious winners) when Democrats take it and act on it. Republicans, whom it was meant for, not so much. Sickening.
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