{"id":1757266,"date":"2022-11-30T14:57:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T19:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1757266"},"modified":"2022-11-30T15:03:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T20:03:04","slug":"dems-picked-an-election-denier-to-be-pelosis-successor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-picked-an-election-denier-to-be-pelosis-successor\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Picked an Election Denier to Be Pelosi&#8217;s Successor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdems-picked-an-election-denier-to-be-pelosis-successor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1757266&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/90-142\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>House Democrats just<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/hakeem-jeffries-elected-replace-pelosi-top-house-democrat-new-generation-leadership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">picked a successor<\/a><br \/>\n for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who has decided to give up the gavel at the end of this term. Their choice is Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), a progressive. On the surface, this choice makes sense. However, in one key way, going with Jeffries makes hypocrites out of the Democratic establishment.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Well, Democrats have rightly lambasted former President Donald Trump\u2019s<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.readtangle.com\/election-fraud-claims-debunked-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">false<\/a><br \/>\n claims that the 2020 election was stolen. They have decried, albeit often painting with far too broad a brush, Republicans as the party of \u201celection deniers\u201d and made the GOP out to be a threat to democracy itself.<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/hakeem-jeffries-elected-replace-pelosi-top-house-democrat-new-generation-leadership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HAKEEM JEFFRIES ELECTED TO REPLACE PELOSI AS TOP HOUSE DEMOCRAT, USHERING IN NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Here are just a few examples of this kind of rhetoric:<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"TweetUrl\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democracy cannot survive when one side believes there\u2019s only two outcomes to an election: either they win, or they were cheated.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not democracy. And that\u2019s where the vast majority of MAGA Republicans are today.  <\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t love your country only when you win.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1574556933960237056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"TweetUrl\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We refuse to let extremist, so-called leaders dismantle our democracy. <\/p>\n<p>We recommit to the fight for freedom. As Democrats, we will rise to meet this moment.  <\/p>\n<p>We did it before in 2020, and we will do it again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nxRGcKwtuP\">pic.twitter.com\/nxRGcKwtuP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1573394294014152704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Pelosi herself has<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1580690904544792576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a><br \/>\n, \u201cRepublicans continue their attacks on our democracy. \u2026 Meanwhile, House Democrats will always defend democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet the House Democrats\u2019 new leader has his own long record of \u201celection denial.\u201d Jeffries has repeatedly denied the results of the 2016 presidential election and spread conspiracy theories that it was illegitimate and stolen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more we learn about 2016 election the more ILLEGITIMATE it becomes,\u201d Jeffries<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJeffries\/status\/964581721088897025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a><br \/>\n in 2018, referencing Trump\u2019s election to the Oval Office. \u201cAmerica deserves to know whether we have a FAKE President in the Oval Office\u2026 #RussianInterference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated this election denial in 2020,<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hakeemjeffries\/status\/1331380500339036160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telling<\/a><br \/>\n Trump that \u201chistory will never accept you as a legitimate President.\u201d He has elsewhere<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1593310309762174983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a><br \/>\n, without evidence, that Trump \u201ccheated\u201d in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, none of this is true. Neither the 2016 nor the 2020 election was \u201cstolen,\u201d and neither had widespread fraud that could have influenced the result. So every criticism the Democrats have made about the dangers of election denial applies to the very man they just selected to lead them.<\/p>\n<p>This is the height of hypocrisy. And it betrays the sad reality that many establishment Democrats do not actually care about \u201cdemocracy\u201d any more than the election-denying Republicans they decry. The truth is, they just think hand-wringing about \u201cdemocracy\u201d is, in this moment, their best path to political victory and more power. How else can you explain their willingness to turn a blind eye to the <i>exact same behavior<\/i> from their own leaders?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and don\u2019t forget that the campaign arm of the House Democrats literally<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/democrats-sold-their-soul-congressional-seat-was-it-worth-it-opinion-1758361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funded the campaigns of \u201celection denier\u201d Republicans<\/a><br \/>\n because it thought they\u2019d be easier to beat in a general election. That cynical gambit also revealed its rhetoric about \u201cdefending democracy\u201d for the fraud that it truly is.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s a shame.<\/p>\n<p>Honoring the results of fair elections and the peaceful transfer of power are both core elements of our constitutional order that keep our nation free. We <i>should<\/i> support leaders who protect these principles and punish those who betray them. Just don\u2019t make the mistake of thinking that establishment Democratic politicians actually care more about democracy any more than \u201celection-denier\u201d Republicans do.<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Brad Polumbo (<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brad_polumbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Brad_Polumbo<\/a><br \/>\n) is a co-founder of<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.based-politics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Based-Politics.com<\/a><br \/>\n, a co-host of the <\/i>Based Politics<i><br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/based-politics\/id1535704082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast<\/a><br \/>\n, and a <\/i>Washington Examiner <i>contributor.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats just picked a successor for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who has decided to give up the gavel at the end of this term. Their choice is Rep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1757269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1757266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1757266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1757269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1757266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1757266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1757266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}