Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney speaks to reporters. | Seth Wenig/AP Photo
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney pushed backmost connected the thought Sunday that Democrats stock adjacent blasted with Republicans for wide predetermination denial, and said members of his enactment “always have, ever will” judge the result of elections.
“Let’s not unreal for a infinitesimal that some sides person the aforesaid magnitude of accountability for the nonaccomplishment of assurance successful our elections,” Maloney (D-N.Y.), seat of the legislature Democratic run arm, said connected CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
“One broadside has been retired determination for a mates of years now, doing everything they tin to unreal Joe Biden didn’t triumph just and square, erstwhile helium did,” helium added.
A justice ruled past week that radical who showed up astatine Arizona ballot driblet boxes carrying guns and wearing bulletproof vests will beryllium allowed to proceed to monitor the voting sites, a improvement Maloney seemed to condemn Sunday.
The Democrat said recounts and introspection of absentee ballots are indispensable and expected, but: “What’s antithetic is radical showing up with weapons sitting successful the backmost of a pickup motortruck adjacent to a driblet container trying to scare the tar retired of radical who are conscionable exercising their vote.”
A majority of Republican nominees for national and apical statewide offices crossed the state successful November’s midterm elections person either denied the 2020 predetermination result oregon questioned its legitimacy, according to a Washington Post report.
Maloney was asked to respond to comments past week from erstwhile Democratic statesmanlike campaigner Hillary Clinton, who said “right helping extremists already person a program to virtually bargain the adjacent statesmanlike election.”
“I don’t recognize what that means. I didn’t spot the comment,” Maloney said.
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