Iowa GOP Rep.-elect Mariannette Miller-Meeks reacts to Democratic dissension on 'Fox & Friends'
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I do think that we need new.
I do think that we need new
leadership in the Democratic
party.
Are you ready to say Pelosi
and Schumer need to go?
I mean I, I think, so
we need to to shift power.
We need to make sure that we
have a transition of power in
the leadership of the Democratic
Party
PETE. We told you about
congresswoman and so called
Squad Member Comrade Cortez
calling to remove Nancy Pelosi,
insisting its time for a change,
and apparently she is not alone.
As a new poll finds, a majority
of voters agree with her fifty six percent of
them. Saying Democrats should
replace Nancy Pelosi with a new
leader
here to react. Iowa g dot, Op
Congressman Elect Marinette
Miller Meeks.
Thank you for being with us,
demanding that the presidential
result be accepted in had your
race, which is close and has been
certified in your direction. She
will not recognize that
certification.
So can you have it both ways and
is Nancy Pelosi Fit to be
speaker
being
you cant? Have it both ways?
All opponent has, instead of
going through the Iowa court
system, filed a petition with
the House Committee on
administration to have Nancy
Pelosi and the Democrats
overturn and disenfranchise
hundreds of thousands of voters
in Iowa. The best way to replace
Nancy Pelosi is give us a
majority in twenty twenty two and we will
replace Nancy Pelosi
right now. You dont feel like
inside the democrat calculation.
There is enough votes to
overturn establishment,
traditional campaign money
Washington and go in another
direction.
Well, I havent been spending
all my time in Washington, D, dot c,
except for orientation.
Pete thats true,
but I think you know, Nancy
Pelosi is a very savvy
politician.
She has been at this for a very
long time
and they have to look at their
leadership
but, as I said, we tried to
replace Nancy Pelosi by getting
the majority.
We came very close this election
cycle
and we can replace Nancy Pelosi
in twenty twenty two by electing a majority
of Republicans to take back the
House
PETE. Now, as you said, the
balance in the house is close,
its still controlled by
Democrats,
but much thinner than people
anticipated.
Your election, which was won by
six votes, was certified in
Iowa.
Do you have a concern that once
it goes to the House floor in
Washington in January, is there
a chance they could try to see
the your opponent instead and
then create a big old mess?
Well, certainly-
and in Iowa we have are a very
good election process
of we put through legislation
this past session in order to
make our absentee ballot request
and ballots are mailed in after
a request that they were safe
and that they were secure
trying to minimize voter fraud.
So we had an election process on
election night. I won,
then our twenty four counties in our
district had their county canvas
and certified those results to
the Secretary of state.
At that time I was ahead.
Then our opponent had a recount
of which they really helped to
drive how the recount was
conducted
and in Johnson County, one of
our larger counties. The recount
board, looked it over
sixty one thousand absentee ballots looked
at them held them,
so we had an extensive recount
process
at the end of that recount
process. I was still ahead. Six
votes
now she want to change the
rules.
She stunt want to abide by the
rulings we had and appeal to the
house.
She should have gone to the Iowa
court.
She could have gone to the Iowa
Courts
and she said there wasnt enough
time in an interview with a
local media outlet. Here in Iowa,
she said we had to appeal to the
House Committee on
administration to get the
results we need,
and that tells you everything
you need to know
that you know and they filed
their petition and they said
there were twenty two ballots,
certainly more than enough time
for impartial, neutral, Iowa
judges to look at twenty two ballots and
decide what had to happen with
this election.
So this is a you know,
partisan political power play
trying to get Washington D, DOT C
and Nancy Pelosi, one vote from
California to overturn the
election and the voters in Iowa
and disenfranchise. As I said,
hundreds of thousands of voters-
PETE yeah,
if you have cant get what you
want from Iowa, then go to your
friends in Washington D, DOT c
January sixth is going to be an
interesting date on a lot of
levels.
Dr Mariannette Miller, Meeks.
Transcript generated on 2020-12-23.