Election denier Hakeem Jeffries could substitute Pelosi as Property Dem chief

The primary candidate to exchange Nancy Pelosi as the future Household Democratic chief is a 2016 election denier who overtly argued that previous President Donald Trump was an “illegitimate” president.

Residence Democratic Meeting Chair Hakeem Jeffries introduced Friday he is working to guide Democrats in the next Congress. He seems to have a very clear path to the career due to the fact no other challenger has emerged so significantly, and he has received praise from quite a few Democrats.

But Jeffries was a person of several Democrats who questioned no matter if Trump legitimately gained the 2016 election owing to alleged Russian interference and collusion. He often built statements about Trump’s 2016 victory that are comparable to claims Trump manufactured about the 2020 race remaining stolen.

“The extra we study about 2016 the additional ILLEGITIMATE it results in being,” Jeffries tweeted from his congressional account in 2018. “The us deserves to know irrespective of whether we have a Faux President in the Oval Workplace.”

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“Historical past will by no means acknowledge you as a legitimate president,” Jeffries tweeted from his particular account about Trump in 2020.

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Jeffries also claimed Trump cheated in the 2016 election, alleging Trump could be “a Russian asset.”

“LIE (more than any administration in the heritage of the Republic.) CHEAT (2016 election/Russian Interference). STEAL (a person or two Supreme Court seats). When will Republicans set place in advance of celebration?” Jeffries tweeted.

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“Is Donald Trump?… A. a legit President… B. a Russian Asset… C. an arranged crime boss… D. a beneficial fool,” Jeffries tweeted in 2019. “The American folks deserve to know.”

Democrats have criticized Trump for practically two many years now for his rejection of the 2020 election effects. But when asked this week if Jeffries nevertheless thinks Russia stole the 2016 election for Trump, Jeffries’ office indicated that is however the situation and advised Fox Information Digital his “observations about the twice-impeached Florida male discuss for by themselves.”

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Jeffries’ candidacy is predictably splitting Republicans and Democrats in the Household.

“He is even even more to the left of Nancy Pelosi,” Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., claimed Friday on “Fox & Mates.” “And which is the issue with the Democrat Social gathering.”

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“‘I’m a huge lover of Hakeem. I believe he’s particularly intelligent, and he is a good individual to provide consensus among the the caucus. And I feel he’ll be an remarkable chief,” Progressive Caucus member Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., told Fox News Digital.

Fox News’ Jason Stine contributed to this report.