House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued Monday that he and his fellow House Democrats “believe in free and fair elections” and will accept the 2024 election results because of this shared belief.
Jeffries was asked about the possibility of former President Donald Trump objecting to the results of Tuesday’s election, as he did in the 2020 election against President Joe Biden. In response, Jeffries argued that most House Republicans currently in office voted not to certify the 2020 election results, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and others “don’t seem to be capable” of saying they will certify Tuesday’s election results.
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“As House Democrats, that’s what we will do,” Jeffries said on ABC’s Good Morning America. “We believe in free and fair elections. We believe in the peaceful transfer of power. We believe in democracy, even when we disagree with the outcome. That’s been part of what has made America the greatest democracy in the history of the world.”
Jeffries has warned that House Republicans could object to the results of the 2024 presidential election, stating in August that his “extreme MAGA Republican colleagues” have participated in “election denial conspiracy theories.” In January 2021, a total of 139 House Republicans voted against certifying the election results in battleground states.
Ahead of Election Day, the possibility of election denialism was debated between late-night host Bill Maher and journalist Megyn Kelly, the latter of whom suggested Vice President Kamala Harris could deny the results if she loses. Kelly added that former 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was “the original election denier,” though Maher suggested that Clinton’s “grumbling” was different from Trump’s “trying to overturn” the election results.
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With the 2024 election cycle coming to an end, Jeffries said Harris is issuing a closing argument that aims to “bring people together,” whereas Trump’s campaign is aiming to “tear us apart.” The House minority leader also accused Trump of hosting a “hate-fest” at the Madison Square Garden rally last month, and is part of the former president’s lack of “a strong closing argument.”
The former president is spending his last day of the 2024 election in swing states, such as North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. Meanwhile, Harris is spending her final hours on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania, concluding with a rally in Philadelphia featuring various musical artists, such as Lady Gaga and DJ Jazzy.