Republicans only think elections are legitimate if they win

Harris L 2020 election, Partisan politics January 5, 2021 1 Minute

I’ve written about this before. It’s not just presidential elections. Look how Republican legislatures have treated Democratic governors elected in North Carolina, Wisconsin and Michigan. Now they won’t seat a state senator who won a close race in Pennsylvania.

Read this excellent column by Jamelle Bouie linked to in the tweet:

see also my column today: https://t.co/3ARKAW46zo https://t.co/ifnuj4vjM3
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) January 5, 2021

PA Senate Republicans just refused to seat a Democrat who narrowly won reelection and whose victory was confirmed by the PA Supreme Court https://t.co/tdnkkdMk0s
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) January 5, 2021

The rationale is that Sen.-elect Brewster only won by a few hundred votes, and the margin was decided by mail-in ballots that his Republican opponent contested.

But the Supreme Court ALREADY RULED those ballots legal, under a law that the Republican legislature itself passed.
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) January 5, 2021

Stealing the election, PA style. The facts:
-⁦@SenatorBrewster⁩ won the popular vote
-He⁩ won all State Court challenges
-He won all Fed Court challenges.
-The PA Sec. of State certified his victory.
The ⁦@PASenateGOP⁩ just denied him his seat in the PA Senate. pic.twitter.com/ovgZ876Kg5
— Senator Hughes (@SenatorHughes) January 5, 2021

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