CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings on Monday asked former Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger about the time in history when Democrats challenged the results of the presidential election before January 6, 2021. I gave a class.
Jennings praised Democrats and Republicans for certifying the 2024 electoral votes without any challenge for the first time this century, and Kinzinger said President-elect Donald Trump has insisted on certifying the 2020 election. Until then, both parties had “always accepted the presidential election,” he said. It was fraudulent. Until Monday, Democrats had opposed Republican victories in every presidential election held in the 21st century.
“Let me just say this simply: Up until a year or four ago, both parties have always accepted presidential elections,” Kinzinger argued.
“No, they haven’t,” Jennings countered.
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Kinzinger said he has never seen a Democratic House speaker or party leader publicly deny the election results or try to challenge the certification. (Related: See how Kamala Harris was forced to relive her election loss as fellow Democrats read up on all her battleground state defeats)
“But as a party, I’ve never seen the Speaker of the House or any Democratic leader object to a presidential election. Don’t try to put these into the same picture because there’s a big difference,” Kin said. Mr. Zinger told Mr. Jennings. “I agree that they should have done it, but that’s the same thing.”
“They did it, and I admit they objected,” Jennings said.
Democrats have used the certification of electoral votes to challenge election results after losing to then-Republican candidates George W. Bush and Donald Trump in 2000, 2004 and 2016. In January 2001, several Democratic members of Congress, including former Florida Democratic Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, opposed He agreed to certification before being silenced by former Vice President Al Gore, who lost the election to Bush.
After President Bush’s reelection in 2004, former Democratic senators Barbara Boxer of California and Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio began formal campaigns. objection Ohio’s electoral votes declined, even though Bush won the state by about 118,000 votes. Thirty-two Democratic senators voted to deny certification, but the motion was later defeated.
All seven Democrats, including Rep. Pramila Jaypal of Washington, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, and Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, opposed Certification of Trump’s victory in the 2016 election.
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz joined 10 other senators in opposing the certification of the 2020 election won by President Joe Biden.
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