The White Home is completed entertaining election denial conspiracies from main elected Republicans.
After Republican Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) defended the deficit deepening IRS cuts in Republicans’ pretend Israel help invoice and refused to affirm the validity of the 2020 election — regardless of being requested 8 instances, White Home spokesperson Andrew Bates referred to as out election denial as a harmful conspiracy that has accomplished “unprecedented hurt to the nation.”
Watch ABC’s This Week beneath:
From ABC (emphasis mine):
Stephanopoulos requested Scalise on “This Week”: “Are you able to say unequivocally the 2020 election was not stolen?”
That prompted a back-and-forth as the bulk chief repeatedly declined to reply straight, with Stephanopoulos saying it was a easy query with a sure or no reply.
Finally, Stephanopoulos requested eight instances over the course of their trade.
As an alternative of answering, Scalise raised issues with how some states modified their voting guidelines in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stephanopoulos pushed again, noting that numerous courts had all rejected claims of fraud within the final presidential race.
“So that you simply refuse to say unequivocally that the 2020 election was not stolen?” he requested once more.
“You wish to hold rehashing 2020. We’re speaking in regards to the future,” Scalise responded.
Whereas declining to reply, Scalise reiterated Republican criticism of the Biden administration.
“Election denial is a harmful conspiracy concept that has accomplished unprecedented hurt to the nation and has been comprehensively debunked by over 80 federal judges, in addition to the Trump Administration’s nationwide safety officers,” White Home spokesperson Andrew Bates stated in a press release despatched to PoliticusUSA.
“Like President Biden stated when Home Republicans gained their majority, when Speaker McCarthy was elected, and when Speaker Johnson was elected, it is a second for Republicans and Democrats in Congress to work collectively in good religion to search out frequent floor on behalf of the American folks and handle the shared challenges households grapple with daily,” he continued. “It’s not a time to perpetuate long-discredited conspiracy theories that fueled an assault on the Capitol and tear Individuals aside.”
It’s nearly three years, a lethal revolt and lots of jail sentences later and Republicans nonetheless can’t give up Donald Trump’s huge lie that he gained the election. Donald Trump misplaced essentially the most safe election in U.S. historical past. There isn’t a one in any larger workplace who’s confused about that truth, definitely not elected Republicans who know higher.
Persevering with to push this huge lie must be a really useful trace for the media after they marvel why Democrats gained’t bend over backward to save lots of Republicans from themselves. The Trump election denial conspiracy has accomplished untold hurt to the nation and to households and relationships throughout the land. It has made a mockery of the U.S. internationally. It has undermined our democracy. It’s a large, stinking, disgusting lie informed by a really sore loser.
Apparently the sore loser isn’t so alone, although, as he has Republican Home leaders from the Speaker to the Chief in his pocket, parroting his harmful lies.
Sufficient.
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