• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Afaik, Emmer is one of two reps in the group of 9 (now 8, after one guy pulled out of the nomination yesterday) that did not refuse to certify the AZ and PA electors in the 2020 election.

    Edit: turns out he did sign the amicus brief encouraging the SC to throw the results though, which is essentially just as bad… yayyyyyyyy -_-

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      1 year ago

      I think you’re both right. He did a lot to support the Texas vs Pennsylvania lawsuit to remove valid ballots, but he didn’t actually vote to do it. So he supported the overthrow of the election, he just didn’t follow through. How the scales balance after those 2 events, I leave up to you!

      In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Tom Emmer, a leading Republican candidate to be speaker of the House, baselessly said there were “questionable” practices in the 2020 presidential election.

      Later, Emmer signed an amicus brief in support of a last-ditch Texas lawsuit seeking to throw out the results in key swing states.

      Though he would vote to certify the results on January 6, 2021, the comments and actions show Emmer flirted with some of the same election denial rhetoric as far-right members of the Republican caucus.

      Full Article - CNN