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On the recordJanuary 11, 2022
and, hey, folks, did you hear about the attempt to steal an election? Maybe you heard this about a year ago or so, big attempt to steal an election, just last year. We had Washington insiders colluding to overturn the will of the people in a fair and free election. Yes, you heard it right, an attempt to steal an election, but it is probably not the election that you are thinking about. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi attempted to steal a seat in the House. Iowa's Second District Congresswoman won her election in 2020 and was certified by Iowa's secretary of state, 24 county auditors of both parties, and the bipartisan State Board of canvassers. And she is here with me today, Representative Mariannette Miller- Meeks. I thank the Representative for being here today. In a blatant political power grab, the Speaker of the House spent over $600,000 of taxpayer money in an attempt to unseat the duly- elected Congresswoman Miller-Meeks. Even some reasonable Members of the Democratic Party sounded the alarm bell on this brazen attempt to reverse the election results. Representative Dean Phillips said at the time: ``Losing a House election by six''--yes, by six--``votes is painful for Democrats, but overturning it in the House would be even more painful for America.'' Voters in Iowa and across America should choose their representatives without interference from politicians in Washington.…
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Joni Ernst
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