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On the recordJanuary 13, 2022
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the Democrats have objected to counting the Presidential electors every single time this century a Republican has been elected President. They spent 4 years trying to overturn the 2016 election. Democrats spied on a Presidential campaign, they did impeachment in secret based on a so-called whistleblower, whose identity only Congressman Schiff got to know. This Congress they have closed the Capitol, enacted proxy voting, kicked Republicans off committees, and for the first time in American history denied Republicans seats on a select committee that was chosen by the minority leader. They are trying to make D.C. a State, end the electoral college, end the filibuster, pack the Court, destroy executive privilege, take Federal control of elections, and are currently allowing in jurisdictions illegal immigrants to vote. And finally, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol has altered evidence and lied to the American people about it. But somehow, they tell us it is President Trump and Republicans who are undermining democracy? Give me a break. Undermining democracy because we actually think you should show a photo ID when you go to vote? In 1 year's time, while Democrats are doing all that, in 1 year's time they have given us record crime, record inflation, record illegal immigration. And as bad as all that is, it is not the worst.…
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio
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Jan 13, 2022

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