With House Majority in Play, a New Class Takes Shape

The New York Times via Yahoo ^ | November 10, 2022 | By Emily Cochrane and Catie Edmondson

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WASHINGTON — Whoever holds the House majority in January, the new lawmakers will include a fresh crop of Republican election deniers, including a veteran who attended the “Stop the Steal” rally at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021; a handful of GOP members of color; and a diverse group of young Democratic progressives.

As vote counting continued across the country Wednesday, with Republicans grasping to take control and Democrats outperforming expectations in key races, the contours of a new class of lawmakers began to emerge.

It featured a sizable contingent of Republicans who have questioned or denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election, many of them hailing from safely red districts, adding to an already influential extreme right in the House. At least 140 of the House Republicans who won election this week are election deniers, at least 15 of them new additions.

A handful of Black and Latina Republicans also won, adding a touch more diversity to a mostly white, male conference — although far less than leaders had hoped as many candidates they had recruited for their potential to appeal to a broader set of voters in competitive districts fell short.

For Democrats, the election ushered in younger, more diverse members to fill the seats of departing incumbents. Many of those candidates had held state offices or previously sought seats in Congress and are expected to back many of the priorities of the Democratic left wing.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

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[FlingWingFlyer]

I prefer a House full of “Republican election deniers” over a House full of Socialist democrat election stealers.

[Ancesthntr]

Well, NY Slimes, perhaps the fact that so many people continue to question the 2020 election, to the point where several are elected to Congress by majorities in districts of over 800,000 people, would suggest that maybe something is there? You know, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire” - did that ever occur to you, you biased government shills?

I am glad not to have purchased this rag for the last 30 years.

[ridesthemiles]

Love the phrasing:

Republicans “GRASPING” to take control

Democrats “OUTPERFORMING”

The slurs are constant-—

PAYBACK IS COMING

[joshua c]

which J6er won?

[momincombatboots]

I was thinking the same thing… lots of them are still in the gulag.

[missnry]

As vote counting continued across the country Wednesday, with Republicans grasping to take control and Democrats outperforming outCOUNTING expectations in key races, the contours of a new class of lawmakers began to emerge.

All that matters is WHO COUNTS that counts in this election. The states with no chain of custody should be identified. They are not conducting elections they are conducting selections!

[Georgia Girl 2]

We need 218 election deniers in the House.