BY MATT MARGOLIS | P J Media
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Twenty-six Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania submitted
a resolution late on Friday seeking to decertify their state’s election
results, claiming proof of “substantial irregularities and improprieties
associated with mail-in balloting.”
Democrat Governor Tom Wolf certified the election results
on Tuesday.
The House Republicans said that the issues that have been
raised with the election have “undermined our elector process and as a result
we can not accept certification of the results in statewide races.”
“It is absolutely imperative that we take these steps if
we are to ensure public trust in our electoral system,” they said in a
statement released Friday evening. “Faith in government begins with faith in
the elections which select that government. Just as Pennsylvania led the
founding of our nation, Pennsylvania should also lead the way by making sure
our commonwealth continues to stand as a keystone in our nation where free and
fair elections are of paramount concern, no matter the final outcome of those
elections.”
House Democratic spokesman Bill Patton dismissed the
Republicans’ efforts. “Rudy Giuliani and others brought a circus to
Pennsylvania and this is like the crowded clown car going round and round at
the end of the show,” he said. “Just a bit of ridiculous farce. The simple fact is
the election’s over and Joe Biden is president-elect.”
The resolution notes, amongst other things, that “heavily
Democrat counties permitted mail-in voters to cure ballot defects while heavily
Republican counties followed the law and invalidated defective ballots;” that
“in certain counties in the Commonwealth, watchers were not allowed to
meaningfully observe the pre-canvassing and canvassing activities relating to
absentee and mail-in ballots,” and “in other parts of the Commonwealth,
watchers observed irregularities concerning the pre-canvassing and canvassing of
absentee and mail-in ballots.”
The resolution also notes that the results were
prematurely certified. “In 2016, Pennsylvania’s general election results were
certified on December 12, 2016, and on November 24, 2020, the Secretary of the
Commonwealth unilaterally and prematurely certified results of the November 3,
2020 election regarding presidential electors despite ongoing litigation,”
It also states that “witnesses testifying before the
Pennsylvania Senate Majority Policy Committee on November 25, 2020 have
provided additional compelling information regarding the questionable nature of
the administration of the 2020 General Election.”
The resolution declares that “the selection of
presidential electors and other statewide electoral contests results in this
Commonwealth is in dispute” and urges both Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy
Boockvar and Governor Wolf (both Democrats) to “withdraw or vacate the
certification of presidential electors and to delay certification of results in
other statewide electoral contests voted on at the 2020 General Election.”
President Trump referenced irregularities in Pennsylvania
on Twitter Friday evening.
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The 1,126,940 votes were created out of thin air. I won Pennsylvania by a lot, perhaps more than anyone will ever know. The Pennsylvania votes were RIGGED. All other swing states also. The world is watching!
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The entire resolution can be read here.
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Matt Margolis is the author of the new
book Airborne: How The Liberal Media Weaponized The Coronavirus
Against Donald Trump, and the bestselling book The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama.
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