Home Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) condemned feedback from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), calling him “the ultimate hypocrite” after the Democrat claimed former President Trump is attempting to govern the electoral faculty.
“Ranking member Raskin is the ultimate hypocrite,” Comer advised Fox Information Digital. “He talks a big game about ‘saving democracy’ yet actively undermines it by sowing seeds of doubt in America’s free and fair elections when it benefits him to do so.”
The Maryland consultant not too long ago advised Axios that if Trump “won a free, fair and honest election, then we would obviously accept it.” In accordance with Comer, Raskin refused to certify Trump’s 2016 win and has beforehand recommended the 2000 election was “illegitimate.”
Raskin advised Axios that Trump “is doing whatever he can to try to interfere with the process, whether we’re talking about manipulating electoral college counts in Nebraska or manipulating the vote count in Georgia or imposing other kinds of impediments.”
Comer known as Raskin a “two-time election denier” who would make related selections throughout this yr’s common election.
“Raskin doesn’t care at all about democracy. He only cares about putting a Democrat in the White House whatever the cost,” Comer stated.
Different Home members objected to Trump’s election certification, together with Home Guidelines Committee Rating Member Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) who advised Axios the get together would certify a Trump win “assuming everything goes the way we expect it to.”
“We have to see how it all happens,” McGovern stated, including, “My expectation is that we would.”
Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) left no query in regards to the Democrats’ dedication to certifying November’s election outcomes at a September press convention.
“House Democrats are going to do everything necessary to … ensure that the winner of the presidential election is certified on Jan. 6 without drama or consequences,” Jeffries stated.
