{"id":463352,"date":"2021-05-01T09:56:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T13:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=463352"},"modified":"2021-05-01T10:07:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T14:07:47","slug":"house-republicans-question-biden-administration-on-questionable-census-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-question-biden-administration-on-questionable-census-results\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans Question Biden Administration on \u2018Questionable\u2019 Census Results"},"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%2Fhouse-republicans-question-biden-administration-on-questionable-census-results%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=463352&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--><p>A group of House Republicans questioned whether political interference contributed to what they describe as questionable results from the recently completed 2020 Census.<\/p>\n<p>The group on Friday pointed to the discrepancy between projections of census numbers last year and the final figures and the fact that the Census Bureau referred them to the White House when questioned about the apportionment count.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Democrats falsely accused the Trump Administration of using the Census process for political gain, President Biden has done just that,\u201d the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/20695168-letter-to-commerce-re-apportionment-count-4302021-1\">wrote<\/a> to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven as President [Donald] Trump sought to ensure the accuracy of the 2020 Census apportionment results by excluding illegal aliens from the apportionment count, President [Joe] Biden reversed course, deciding to dilute American citizens\u2019 representational interests by rescinding this commonsense measure. Several liberal states with sanctuary policies may have lost more congressional seats if illegal immigrants had not been included in the apportionment base,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>Population numbers for each state garnered through the census, a once-a-decade query of Americans, is used to tally how many seats in the House of Representatives each state receives.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-census-hands-more-house-seats-to-republican-strongholds-texas-florida_3792180.html\">newly released figures<\/a> show Texas gained two seats and five others gained one seat, while New York, California, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia will each lose one seat.<\/p>\n<p>But final population numbers for multiple states diverged widely from estimates the bureau released late last year.<\/p>\n<p>New York, for instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/programs-surveys\/popest\/technical-documentation\/research\/evaluation-estimates.html\">was estimated<\/a> to have 19.3 million residents. The state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/20695167-2020-apportionment\">final tally<\/a> was 20.2 million.\u00a0Texas, on the other hand, was estimated to have over 29.3 million residents, but its final tally was under 29.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemarkably, the differences benefit traditionally blue states\u2014which gained population compared to the estimates\u2014over red states which tended to lose population compared to the estimates,\u201d House Republicans said in their letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis trend calls into question whether there was any political interference with the apportionment results released by the Census Bureau,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3798468\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3798468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP21116730140357-1200x1141-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"609\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/noscript><\/figcaption><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-463358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP21116730140357-1200x1141-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP21116730140357-1200x1141-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP21116730140357-1200x1141-1-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP21116730140357-1200x1141-1-1024x974.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP21116730140357-1200x1141-1-768x730.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP21116730140357-1200x1141-1-922x877.jpg 922w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP21116730140357-1200x1141-1-675x642.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP21116730140357-1200x1141-1-480x456.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>States that will gain or lose congressional seats in the wake of the 2020 census<\/figure>\n<p>The group, led by House Oversight Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) asked Raimondo for documents and communications on a range of issues by May 14.<\/p>\n<p>The Census Bureau did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats have also questioned the final numbers, including officials in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the Trump administration may have had \u201ca chilling effect\u201d on illegal immigrants answering the census.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo said he doesn\u2019t think the count was accurate and asked\u00a0New York State Attorney General Letitia James, another Democrat, to explore legal options to challenge the count.<\/p>\n<p>The bureau in response to Cuomo\u2019s comments directed The Epoch Times to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2021\/quality-indicators-on-2020-census.html\">a recent press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The release included a statement from Ron Jarmin, the acting director of the bureau, saying that \u201cthe completeness and accuracy of these first 2020 Census results are comparable with recent censuses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had numerous quality checks built into collecting the data, and we have conducted one of the most comprehensive reviews in recent census history during data processing. We are confident that today\u2019s 2020 Census results meet our high data quality standards,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of House Republicans questioned whether political interference contributed to what they describe as questionable results from the recently completed 2020 Census. 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