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turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
Mon Mar 22, 2021, 09:04 PM Mar 2021

Republicans who backed Trump's impeachment warn Democrats not to challenge Iowa election

U.S. NEWS
MARCH 22, 2021 10:35 AM UPDATED 7 HOURS AGO

By David Morgan 3 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives are warning Democrats not to set a “dangerous precedent” by challenging the certified results of a disputed House election in Iowa.

Republican Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks defeated Democrat Rita Hart in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District by only six votes out of nearly 400,000 cast. State election officials certified the results and Miller-Meeks was sworn into office in January.

But Hart has petitioned the Democratic-controlled House to intervene, claiming that 22 votes were improperly excluded. The House Administration Committee, where Democrats outnumber Republicans by six to three, has launched an investigation.

Reporting by David Morgan; editing by Scott Malone and Jonathan Oatis

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-election/republicans-who-backed-trumps-impeachment-warn-democrats-not-to-challenge-iowa-election-idUSKBN2BE1ZJ


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Republicans who backed Trump's impeachment warn Democrats not to challenge Iowa election (Original Post) turbinetree Mar 2021 OP
" set a dangerous precedent "🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 JackSabbath Mar 2021 #1
it is also a huge lie Celerity Mar 2021 #3
but not many under these circumstances stopdiggin Mar 2021 #5
they are still republicans. maybe not insane but still partisan as F. bullimiami Mar 2021 #2
And cheating is the Republican Way. rickyhall Mar 2021 #4

stopdiggin

(11,095 posts)
5. but not many under these circumstances
Mon Mar 22, 2021, 11:47 PM
Mar 2021

happen to think this is one that should be left alone. No legitimate reason for the House to overturn a result that the state has certified (after at least one recount?). This is a pandora's box -- and the fact that the Republicans are guilty one sin doesn't mean that two will cancel it out.

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