Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, many of the voters in Pennsylvania and in my district are rightfully upset and concerned about the irregular actions which occurred in the past election. There are valid reasons for the collective feeling of disenfranchisement and of distrust stemming from various election processes and procedural changes which were outside of statute. Thousands--no--millions in Pennsylvania have a feeling of intense frustration and believe that their constitutional rights have been violated. To start, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted a 3-day extension for late-arriving ballots, usurping the authority of the State legislature and contradicting the U.S. Constitution, which clearly states: ``The times, places, and manner of holding elections shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof.'' These constitutional authorities are not fair-weather laws, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic. The highly irregular actions of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court resulted in the unlawful counting of over 10,000 ballots that arrived after the statutory required time of 8 p.m. on election day--nobody disputes this--mitigating an accurate ballot count and, at the same time, fueling great distrust in the process. Second, there are serious disputes over how individual mail-in ballots with technical errors were handled across the Commonwealth.…”