Pelosi: Republicans carrying out 'legislative continuation' of Jan. 6 with election laws
By Joseph Choi - 01/09/22 11:05 AM EST
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Sunday accused Republicans across the country of carrying out a "legislative continuation" of Jan. 6 through new election laws that she said "undermine our democracy."
"Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan asked Pelosi if she would commit to seating individuals whose elections are not certified in their states, noting the many states that have recently changed their laws.
"I think that the order of things is very appropriate. There's nothing more important for us to do than protect our Constitution and our democracy. What the Republicans are doing across the country is really a legislative continuation of what they did on January 6, which is to undermine our democracy, to undermine the integrity of our elections, to undermine the voting power, which is the essence of a democracy," Pelosi said.
Following the 2020 presidential election, numerous GOP-controlled legislatures passed voting laws that critics argued made it more difficult for some groups to vote. Brennan asked Pelosi how she would handle a potential situation in which a federal election is disputed at the state level.
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