TIME magazine offered a full-throated defense of incoming House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who is facing GOP attacks as a so-called 'election denier.'
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, speaking on the Senate floor on Dec. 1, 2022, took swipes at new House Democratic leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
"In tweets, news interviews, and House hearings, Jeffries called to question the legitimacy of Trump’s election because of Russia’s attempts to interfere in the 2016 race, and accused Trump of colluding with Russia to win the election," TIME wrote."The term ‘election denier’ has taken on a particular meaning, however, after Trump’s failed re-election campaign.
TIME then quoted Rachel Orey of the Elections Project at the"nonpartisan" Washington think tank the Bipartisan Policy Center, who said,"Casting unfounded doubt on the outcome of an election is irresponsible when either party does it… But I think it’s important to remember that the culture around elections was quite different before 2020."
"Prior to the 2020 election, many Democrats pointed to evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election, the fact that Trump won the Electoral College but did not win the popular vote, and used talking points calling Trump ‘not my President,’" TIME wrote."But the actions taken by Trump and his supporters leading up to 2020 election and after were unprecedented.
The actions were"questioned legitimacy of Biden's election,""said 2020 election was stolen,""repeated disproven claims of fraud,""signed onto the Texas lawsuit to overturn the 2020 election,""objected to 2020 electoral college count on Jan. 6" as well as"supported 2020 audit." In 2001, several Democratic lawmakers rejected George W. Bush's electoral college victory in Florida including Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee, and Maxine Waters.
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