Democrats are steadily voting for Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who has a vast history of denying the legitimacy of elections, to become the next House speaker.
by his Democratic House colleagues to succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as leader — has faced scrutiny from high-ranking Republicans over previously resurfaced remarks he made apparently denying the legitimacy of Trump's presidential election victory. But numerous times in tweets during Trump's presidency, Jeffries repeatedly suggested that Trump's election was fraudulent.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries has received support from all 212 Democrats as McCarthy struggles to reach the required 218 to earn the speaker's gavel.that Trump's"Election Integrity Commission is the real FRAUD" and that it"should investigate his so-called victory." That same month, Jeffries, responding to remarks made by the president on Twitter, issued a similar tweet and called Trump's"so-called election victory" a"hoax."
"The real hoax is likely your so-called election victory," Jeffries claimed at the time. The congressman also included"#RussianHacking" in the tweet, appearing to suggest that Russia helped to elect Trump in the 2016 presidential election by hacking into America's elections. Other tweets denying Trump's election victory from Jeffries have also been made public, primarily from the
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