[ The WHOLE GOP knew the truth. The 2020 election was NOT .......stolen. ]
Members of Congress who contested the 2020 election results admitted behind closed doors that they know their cause is false, U.S. Rep.
Dan Crenshaw, R-Houston, said on his
podcast published Wednesday, offering his sternest rebuke yet of his party’s rejection of President Joe Biden’s win.
Speaking with former congressional candidate and election reform advocate Nick Troiano on his podcast, “Hold These Truths,” the Texas Republican said fellow members of his party were merely trying to signal their disapproval of former President Donald Trump’s loss but knew there was no real mechanism to overturn it. Still, he warned that messaging could dangerously lead to voters losing faith in the electoral process.
“It was always a lie. The whole thing was always a lie. And it was a lie meant to rile people up,” Crenshaw said, deriding some of his peers as “political personalities” rather than “politicians.” He did not name the members he was referring to.
“People just need their last hurrah. They just need to feel like they fought one last time,” he added. Other members told him, “‘Trust me, it’ll be fine.’ And I was like, ‘No, it won’t! That’s not what people believe and that’s not what you’re telling them.’”
Trump has been widely expected to run for office again in 2024, and
Axios reported Friday that the former president could formally announce his bid on Nov. 14, shortly after the midterm elections.
Crenshaw was among a handful of Texas Republicans to vote against GOP objections to the results of the 2020 presidential election. Although the objections delayed the certification of the results, culminating in the violent attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the effort was always doomed to fail with a Democratic majority in the House.
(full article online)
The representative from Houston said fellow Republicans admitted behind closed doors that the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, and he warned that such messaging could dangerously mislead voters.
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