Republicans only think elections are legitimate if they win

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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