The White House is done entertaining election denial conspiracies from leading elected Republicans.
After Republican Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) defended the deficit-increasing IRS cuts to the Republicans’ bogus Israel aid bill and refused to certify the validity of the 2020 election – despite Asked 8 timesWhite House spokesman Andrew Bates called election denial a dangerous conspiracy that has caused “unprecedented damage to the country.”
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From ABC (emphasis mine):
Stephanopoulos asked Scalise on “This Week”: “Can you say unequivocally that the 2020 election was not stolen?”
That led to a back-and-forth as the majority leader repeatedly declined to answer directly, with Stephanopoulos saying it was a simple question with a yes or no answer.
Finally, Stephanopoulos asked eight times during their conversation.
Instead of answering, Scalise expressed concern about how some states changed their voting rules in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stephanopoulos pushed back, noting that several courts had all rejected claims of fraud in the last presidential race.
“So you just refuse to say unequivocally that the 2020 election was not stolen?” he asked again.
“You want to keep reliving 2020. We are talking about the future,” Scalise responded.
Although Scalise declined to answer, she reiterated Republican criticism of the Biden administration.
“Election denial is a dangerous conspiracy theory that has caused untold damage to the country and has been comprehensively debunked by more than 80 federal judges and by Trump administration national security officials,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement. statement to PoliticusUSA. .
“As President Biden said when Republicans won their majority in the House of Representatives, when Speaker McCarthy was elected, and when Speaker Johnson was elected, this is a moment for Republicans and Democrats in Congress to work together in good faith to act on behalf of the Americans find common ground. people and address the common challenges that families struggle with every day,” he continued. “Now is not the time to perpetuate long-discredited conspiracy theories that fueled an attack on the Capitol and tore Americans apart.”
It’s been almost three years, a deadly insurrection and many prison sentences later, and Republicans still can’t stop Donald Trump’s big lie that he won the election. Donald Trump lost the most secure election in American history. No one in higher office is confused about this, especially not elected Republicans who know better.
Continuing to push this big lie should be a very useful clue to the media as they wonder why the Democrats won’t go out of their way to save the Republicans from themselves. Trump’s election denial conspiracy has caused untold damage to the country and to families and relationships across the country. It has brought the US into international ridicule. It has undermined our democracy. It’s a huge, stinking, disgusting lie told by a very sore loser.
Apparently, the sore loser isn’t so alone, though, as he has Republican House leaders, from the Speaker to the Leader, in his pocket, parroting his dangerous lies.
Enough.
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