Nancy Pelosi Needs Another House Seat, So She’s Stealing It
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears to have found an easy solution to expand her narrow majority in the lower chamber: steal a seat.
By Tristan Justice
March 24, 2021
It’s only okay to question an election outcome if you’re a Democrat. Stacey Abrams was exhibit A. Nancy Pelosi is exhibit B.
Earlier this month, the Democratic speaker gave the House Administration Committee her blessing to move forward with a probe into failed candidate Rita Hart’s challenge in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. Hart lost the race to freshman Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks by six votes, a result certified by bipartisan state election officials after multiple recounts.
“Well, it was six votes,†Pelosi said on ABC’s “This Week†several days ago, dismissing criticism from Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, who highlighted Democrats’ double-standards over objecting to election results. “It was six votes and our candidate, Rita Hart… asked for this process to begin. What the committee did, the House Administration Committee, was very narrow to take the process to the next step and see where it goes from there.â€
An honest investigation will keep Miller-Meeks in the House. Hart’s appeal, made directly to the partisan lower chamber rather than through state avenues for challenging an election result, rests on 22 ballots the campaign claims were improperly rejected. According to the Democrat’s campaign, Hart would carry the race by nine votes if all were counted. Bipartisan panels of election workers, however, have already scrutinized the ballots in question, and determined their invalidity under Iowa law.
But don’t expect an honest investigation conducted by Pelosi’s deputies. The chair of the House Committee performing the review is California Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who also served as an impeachment manager for President Donald Trump’s first sham impeachment.
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