House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik declined to commit on Sunday to certifying the 2024 presidential election, pending efforts by Democrats in states across the country to remove former President Donald Trump from their primary ballots.
Ms. Stefanik of New York, the fourth-ranking House Republican, was among the 147 GOP lawmakers in the chamber to vote against certifying President Biden’s win in 2020.
“We will see if this is a legal and valid election,” she said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “What we’re seeing so far is that Democrats are so desperate they’re trying to remove President Trump from the ballot. That is the suppression of the American people.”
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Mr. Trump’s appeal to keep him on the ballot in Colorado, as other states are attempting to remove the Republican primary front-runner.
Ms. Stefanik offered a vague promise to certify this year’s results “if they are constitutional.”
“What we saw in 2020 was unconstitutional circumventing the constitution, not going through state legislatures when it comes to changing election law,” she said. “We’re seeing this in my home state of New York. We are seeing Democrats try to steal the election and illegally gerrymander congressional districts that we fairly won.”
• Ramsey Touchberry can be reached at rtouchberry@washingtontimes.com.
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