Democrats have spent the last few years accusing various Republicans of being election deniers, and now they have chosen Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York as their new leader in the House.
Jeffries has a rich history of denying elections.
Surprise!
BREAKING: Election Denier Hakeem Jeffries was just elected as the new leader of the House Democrats. pic.twitter.com/skZqcnXiG7
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 30, 2022
According to the Associated Press, it was a unanimous decision:
Emboldened House Democrats ushered in a new generation of leaders on Wednesday with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries elected to be the first Black American to head a major political party in Congress as long-serving Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her team step aside next year.
Showing rare party unity after their midterm election losses, the House Democrats moved seamlessly from one history-making leader to another, choosing the 52-year-old New Yorker, who has vowed to “get things done,” even after Republicans won control of the chamber. The closed-door vote was unanimous, by acclamation.
This thread has quite a few receipts:
THREAD: Here are 8 times Hakeem Jeffries — the Democrats' new House leader — denied election results.
1. Jeffries said "the more we learn about 2016 election the more ILLEGITIMATE it becomes." pic.twitter.com/cjMYeKIsCs
— Kyle Martinsen 🐊 (@KyleMartinsen_) November 30, 2022
2. Jeffries claimed Russia “artificially” made Trump president. pic.twitter.com/atKthob0Oz
— Kyle Martinsen 🐊 (@KyleMartinsen_) November 30, 2022
3. Jeffries claimed multiple congressional seats were “stolen by rogue Republican operatives.” pic.twitter.com/eRF5CoICe0
— Kyle Martinsen 🐊 (@KyleMartinsen_) November 30, 2022
Stolen??? Is that word allowed?
4. Jeffries accused Republicans of cheating in the 2016 presidential election. pic.twitter.com/hk5ZomRwX9
— Kyle Martinsen 🐊 (@KyleMartinsen_) November 30, 2022
5. Jeffries said there was a "cloud of illegitimacy that continues to hang over" the Trump White House and we need "to try to figure out what the heck happened" in the 2016 election.pic.twitter.com/YLPrRWIHW9
— Kyle Martinsen 🐊 (@KyleMartinsen_) November 30, 2022
6. Jeffries said the "legitimacy of Trump's presidential election" was "in doubt" pic.twitter.com/NadXTKucia
— Kyle Martinsen 🐊 (@KyleMartinsen_) November 30, 2022
Didn’t Democrats say this sort of talk is dangerous?
7. Jeffries said "the cloud of illegitimacy hanging over 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. grows stronger by the day." pic.twitter.com/QhkRZsWpjG
— Kyle Martinsen 🐊 (@KyleMartinsen_) November 30, 2022
8. Jeffries tweeted "history will never accept" Trump "as a legitimate President." pic.twitter.com/SHHNc3qn4b
— Kyle Martinsen 🐊 (@KyleMartinsen_) November 30, 2022
Sounds like a threat to our democracy, doesn’t it?
Being an election denier didn’t hinder Hakeem Jeffries’ advancement in the Democratic caucus, I see.
— Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) November 30, 2022
Apparently not.
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