Democrats have told us that denying election results literally destroys democracy. Of course that’s one of those rules that doesn’t apply to them. In fact, the democrats just elected election denier Hakeem Jeffress to replace Nancy Pelosi as House Minority Leader.
The Hill reports:
House Democrats on Wednesday elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) to head the party next year, marking a generational shift after 20 years under the reign of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) while making Jeffries the first Black figure to lead either party in Congress in the nation’s history.
The shift was no surprise. After Pelosi and her top deputies announced earlier in the month that they would step out of the top three leadership spots, the 52-year-old Jeffries was one of three next-generation leaders who quickly swept in to solidify their place as uncontested contenders for the top spots in the party brass.
In another thing that isn’t a surprise, democrats are hypocrites. After 2 years of claiming any Republican who questioned the results of the 2020 election was a threat to democracy, they voted this guy who questioned the results of the 2016 election as their leader:
The more we learn about 2016 election the more ILLEGITIMATE it becomes. America deserves to know whether we have a FAKE President in the Oval Office #RussianInterference https://t.co/x3BHO5CPIm
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) February 16, 2018
LIE (more than any administration in the history of the Republic). CHEAT (2016 election/Russian Interference). STEAL (one or two Supreme Court seats). When will Republicans put country ahead of party? #CleanUpCorruption
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) September 28, 2018
FBI publicly disclosed phony Clinton email investigation in October 2016, but said nothing about simultaneous criminal investigation into Trump/Russia collusion. More evidence the Presidency was hijacked. SAD
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) June 14, 2018
Russia interfered in 2016 election in sweeping and systematic fashion.
Trump campaign welcomed their assistance.
They helped elect the so-called President.
Individual 1 is at it again #Ukraine #AbuseOfPower.
He. Must. Go.
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) September 22, 2019
And this election denier just keeps going:
Is the North Carolina congressional seat the only one stolen by rogue Republican operatives? We may need a comprehensive criminal investigation to figure that out #CleanUpCorruption
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) December 7, 2018
With legitimacy of Trump’s presidential election in doubt, his lifetime appt to Supreme Court can wait #FilibusterGorsuch #StopGorsuch
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) March 22, 2017
Trump betrayed America.
He abused his power by soliciting foreign interference in the 2020 election.
And undermined our national security.
The cloud of illegitimacy hanging over 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. grows stronger by the day. pic.twitter.com/RbBqBBniPc
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) October 1, 2019
Here’s the thing, all of the Russian collusion nonsense Jeffries cites as the reason why Trump’s presidency was illegitimate was thoroughly investigated and proven to be bullshit. There has been no such investigation into Joe Biden’s impossible win in 2020. At least not at the federal level.
I would say that election denying is cool again and we can call into question the results of the 2022 midterms, but as I pointed out earlier, democrats have a special set of rules for themselves. Elections they win are legit and anyone who doubts the results is killing democracy, while elections they lose were stolen.
