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Republican Ohio Rep. Dave Joyce said Sunday that helium didn't privation to beryllium drawn into commenting connected Donald Trump's recent telephone to suspend the Constitution implicit baseless claims of 2020 predetermination fraud.
Joyce, the seat of the Republican Governance Group, a centrist radical successful the House, was asked by ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos to respond to Trump's station connected Saturday connected his Truth Social platform. The erstwhile president wrongly asserted that the "massive fraud" -- which did not hap -- "allows for the termination of each rules, regulations, and articles, adjacent those recovered successful the Constitution."
Joyce initially declined to respond, saying helium didn't cognize what Trump said connected societal media and that the nationalist wasn't "interested successful looking backwards." But Stephanopoulos pressed further, and Joyce yet said that Trump's remark should beryllium taken "in context" but that it wouldn't forestall him from supporting Trump if helium ends up winning the nomination.
"It's early. I deliberation there's going to beryllium a batch of radical successful the superior ... [but] I volition enactment whoever the Republican nominee is," Joyce said portion noting helium didn't deliberation Trump would negociate to triumph the 2024 Republican statesmanlike information due to the fact that determination are "a batch of other bully prime candidates retired there."
"That's a singular statement," Stephanopoulos said. "You conscionable said you'd enactment a campaigner who's travel retired for suspending the Constitution."
"Well, you know, helium says a batch of things," Joyce said, adding, "I can't beryllium truly chasing each 1 of these brainsick statements that travel from immoderate of these candidates."
"You can't travel retired against idiosyncratic who's for suspending the Constitution?" Stephanopoulos pushed backmost erstwhile again.
"He says a batch of things, but that doesn't mean that it's ever going to happen. So you got to [separate] information from phantasy -- and phantasy is that we're going to suspend the Constitution and spell backwards. We're moving forward," Joyce said.
In this Sept. 29, 2014, record photo, Rep. Dave Joyce speaks astatine a GOP Get Out the Vote rally successful Independence, Ohio.
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Elsewhere successful the interview, helium told Stephanopoulos that with a newly-won Republican bulk successful the House, the radical that helium leads volition absorption connected kitchen-table issues.
In July, Joyce was unanimously elected seat of the Republican Governance Group, which helium has said is "hellbent connected breaking done Washington's dysfunction."
"Our radical is fundamentally focused connected making authorities work," Joyce told Stephanopoulos erstwhile asked astir however overmuch leverage his radical holds and however they program to usage it successful a divided government. "We're not the radical who you spot connected TV each week talking astir issues that aren't germane to what the radical are feeling astatine home."
Joyce cited the acquisition system, state prices and however ostentation was driving up the outgo of surviving -- each akin to what incoming House Democratic person Hakeem Jeffries mentioned successful his ain quality connected "This Week" connected Sunday.
"What are the circumstantial pieces of authorities you tin enactment connected together?" Stephanopoulos asked Joyce.
"We person to acceptable a fund ... and past we person to bash the appropriations process," helium said. "You each speech astir antithetic things but astatine the extremity of the day, we're going to bash our occupation and enactment 12 appropriations bills retired there."
Joyce sits connected a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee liable for backing the national government. He said the spending bills successful a Republican House volition beryllium "lower than what's happened successful the past 4 years."
Shifting to Kevin McCarthy's bid for speaker, Stephanopoulos noted that helium whitethorn not person the indispensable enactment adjacent period with 5 Republicans successful the 222-seat bulk having said publically they won't backmost him.
"Does helium person the votes? How volition helium get there?" Stephanopoulos asked.
Joyce, similar different starring Republicans, said McCarthy proved helium "deserves the opportunity" and "has done the hard enactment that was indispensable to bring unneurotic the majority."
"You can't bushed idiosyncratic with nobody. And close now, you perceive that we're conscionable not going to ballot for Kevin. Well, past who?" helium said.
He said compromise would person to prevail among centrists and hardliners successful bid to execute things.
"What these radical got to get utilized to is that if a bulk of our league hold to something, past that's however you determination the shot forward. And conscionable due to the fact that 5 oregon six radical don't similar it doesn't mean that we should clasp up the full thing," Joyce said.
Echoing Jeffries, helium played down the anticipation that immoderate Democrats would articulation Republicans successful backing an alternate to McCarthy.
"I deliberation the Democrats are going to ballot for Democrats, Republicans volition ballot for Republicans," Joyce said. "And I think, astatine the extremity of the day, Kevin volition beryllium the adjacent talker of the House."
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