NYT: Democrats Objected to Counting Electoral Votes in 2000, 2004, 2016

IF DEMOCRATS CONTEST AN ELECTION = HEROIC. IF REPUBLICANS CONTEST AN ELECTION = CRIMINAL ? In 2021, an election law professor provided a quick list of Democrats objecting to counting electoral totals after the 2000, 2004, and 2016 elections. Via New York Times: Democrats Have Been Shameless About Your Presidential Vote Too By Derek T. Muller, law professor at the University of Iowa specialized in election law. (Jan. 6, 2021) HIGHLIGHTS – After Republican victories in 2000, 2004 and 2016, Democrats in Congress used the formal counting of electoral votes as an opportunity to challenge election results. – Starting with George W. Bush’s victory in the 2000 presidential election, Democrats contested election results after every Republican win. – In January 2001, [after George W. Bush’s victory]: – Representative Alcee Hastings of Florida objected to counting his state’s electoral votes because of “overwhelming evidence of official misconduct, deliberate fraud, and an attempt to suppress voter turnout.” – Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas referred to the “millions of Americans who have been disenfranchised by Florida’s inaccurate vote count.” – Representative Maxine Waters of California characterized Florida’s electoral votes as “fraudulent.” – Vice President Al Gore presided over the meeting in 2001. He overruled these objections because no senator joined them. Part of the reason they didn’t join, presumably, was that Mr. Gore conceded the election a month earlier. – In January 2005, in the wake of Mr. Bush’s re-election, Democrats were more aggressive: – Senator Barbara Boxer of California joined Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio to lodge a formal objection to Ohio’s electoral votes. The objection compelled Congress to spend two hours in debate, even though Mr. Bush won Ohio by more than 118,000 votes. – Representative Barbara Lee of California claimed that “the Democratic process was thwarted.” – Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York said that the right to vote was “stolen.” – Ms. Waters objected too, dedicating her objection to the documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, whose 2004 movie “Fahrenheit 9/11” painted a dark (and at times factually debatable) picture of the Bush presidency. – – The motion failed, but not before 31 members of the House, and Ms. Boxer in the Senate, voted to reject Ohio’s electoral votes — effectively voting to disenfranchise the people of Ohio in the Electoral College. – In January 2017, after Donald Trump’s victory, Democrats in Congress once again challenged the election outcome: – Representative Jim McGovern of Massachusetts cited “the confirmed and illegal activities engaged by the government of Russia.” – Ms. Lee of California argued that Michigan’s electoral votes should be thrown out because “people are horrified by the overwhelming evidence of Russian interference in our elections.” She also cited “the malfunction of 87 voting machines.” – There were objections against the votes in at least nine states. To his credit, Vice President Joe Biden rejected each objection on procedural grounds, stating that “there is no debate” and “it is over.” – Then as now, each member of Congress was within his or her rights to make an objection. But the objections were naïve at best, shameless at worst. Either way, the readiness of members of Congress to disenfranchise millions of Americans was disconcerting. – – – – – – – – – –

MORE: LIST: Democrats Objecting to Electoral College Vote Certification since 2000

VIDEO: DEMOCRATS OBJECTED TO CERTIFICATION OF ELECTORAL VOTES IN 2001, 2005, 2017. That is after each Republican victory in 2000, 2004 and 2016 (Video mark: from 59:55 to 1:01:57) Democrats now claim that incites insurrections/violence. In the video: In 2017: Jamie Raskin, Pramila Jayapal, Raul Grijalva, Barbara Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee In 2005: Stephanie Tubbs Jones In 2017: Jim McGovern, Sheila Jackson Lee In 2001: Maxine Waters: “I don’t care that it is not signed by a member of the Senate.” In 2017: Maxine Waters, Pramila Jayapal .

IN 2005: DEMOCRATS BARACK OBAMA & HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTED OBJECTING TO ELECTORAL COLLEGE CERTIFICATION MRCTV: “During the Senate debate on the electoral challenge in January of 2005, none other than Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton took the floor.”

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