Texas Republican discusses the election for House Speaker and House GOP efforts to challenge Electoral College results.
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Steve reelected as speaker.
Fourth time as the Congress
sworn in yesterday,
only seven votes carried her over
House Minority leader, Kevin
Mccarthy after five Democrats
broke, rank
next guest sworn in for second
term and said he proudly voted
against her joining us. Is
Republican Texas, congressman
Lance Gooden,
congressman good morning to you
and congratulations
good morning.
Thank you very much
Steve. Her margin was really
narrow.
I know there were no defections
on the republican side. She had
five or six and in fact, Jared
Golden voted for Tammy Buck
Worth and Conor Lamb voted for
Hakeem Jeffries.
She must have done some real arm
twisting behind the scenes
she must have. You know. Nancy Pelosi is very
you know. Nancy Pelosi is very
good. At counting votes shoe has
had one hundred years to master the
process.
It was close.
They were sweating it
they didnt know if they would
have members unable to show up.
They have been proxy voting this
whole year.
There were members in the
chamber yesterday that had made
their first trip it Washington,
D, dot c in about eight months,
and so there was uncertainty,
one member claimed to have Covid
six days ago.
They had allegedly set up
plexiglass for her in in the
event they needed her vote at
the last minute on the floor.
They didnt be in the end, but
it just goes to show how nervous
they were about the whole
process.
Steve. I think you are referring
to Glen Moore a Democrat from
Wisconsin announced six days
earlier. She had tested positive
for covid
didnt say when or if she was
negative
said she was cleared of by her
doctors to travel, so she was in
the chamber.
You know I mentioned this a
moment ago. After a couple of
weeks of really bad publicity,
Eric Swalwell, Nancy Pelosi,
reinstalled him on the Intel
Committee after that
relationship a number of years
ago, with the chinese spy,
its incredible
the fact that he was even there
after the all, if she had any
knowledge of that is stunning to
me.
But after what came out in the
last month that he would still
be on that committee is either
incompetence or desfather ration
on her part to Keepdesdesperatio
whole vote theory. That would
make sense to me she had to have
his vote to stay speaker
keeping him on because she
actually believes in him is just
crazy to me.
Steve then again back when he
first came in. She was
apparently brief, evidenced on
what had transpired,
thats, correct,
Steve and put it on it anyway.
It speaks to her judgment,
its a shame.
We also know if the situation
were reversed.
If it were a Republican on that
committee,
they would just be. There
would be outrage on the streets
on the democratic side,
Steve absolutely
all right.
There is outrage on the in
the streets of the Democrats
that a number of Republicans,
including you there are one hundred and forty
house members who plan to
challenge the electoral college
certification on Wednesday.
What happened touring the
election that has pushed you to
the point where you say hey. We
have got to talk about this
before we vote.
You know in my election in
Texas. Just at a much smaller
scale, level poll watchers,
representing my campaign, were
turned away from polling places
in Democrat, Run Dallas County,
and I thought to myself. If this
is happening to me here, whats
happening in these other areas
and then come to find out. There
were numerous instances
allegations sworn testimony by
people who are purging
themselves. If Theypurge Perjurin
telling the truth,
numerous counts of voter fraud
across the area.
Thee have not had full audits of
ballots in Georgia
when you recount the same
ballots. All over again, all you
are doing is recountinged what
numbers
we have been refused a full
signature audits in places like
Georgia.
I heard yesterday that if, in
fact, there was this fraud that
the Senate runoff for Mr Perdue
is not even necessary,
so we have just got so many
questions that voters want
answers to.
My constituents want answers to,
and I dont understand why
Democrats refuse to even have a
conversation about this. These
allegations
you would think they would want
them cleared up going into
January, 20Th,
Steve right
that he was what I read.
The main thing Republicans just
simply want to have the
discussion
want to have the debate
result. Mastly, though I would
imagine you would like some sort
of election reform so that this
never happens again.
That would be nice
its difficult to imagine a
scenario where we have
meaningful reform. If Nancy
Pelosi is speaker,
especially if we lose in Georgia
tomorrow,
the Georgia Races tomorrow are
so critical,
but would he have got to at
least shine a light on fraud and
these allegations and put these
to bed,
and I dont think that we have
had answers.
I dont understand why the other
side calls my side. Those of
house are come out in opposition
to certifying these results. Why
they have called us unamerican
why they say its irresponsible.
I dont understand why
Republicans in the house, some
of my own colleagues would
actually come out and say that
what were doing is unamerican
and unwise.
I think getting to the root of
these allegations and
determining what fraud did or
did not take place is very
american and is our duty. As
members of Congress
Steve. We should point out that
Democrats have done it in the
past, so its not unprecedented
congressman. Thank you very much.
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