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Comer slams Raskin over his election certification comments: ‘Ultimate hypocrite’

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, argues a point as the House Rules Committee prepares to advance a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland for not complying with a subpoena, at the Capitol in Washington, June 11, 2024.

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House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) condemned comments from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), calling him “the ultimate hypocrite” after the Democrat claimed former President Trump is trying to manipulate the electoral college. 

“Ranking member Raskin is the ultimate hypocrite,” Comer told Fox News Digital. “He talks a big game about ‘saving democracy’ yet actively undermines it by sowing seeds of doubt in America’s free and fair elections when it benefits him to do so.”

The Maryland representative recently told Axios that if Trump “won a free, fair and honest election, then we would obviously accept it.” According to Comer, Raskin refused to certify Trump’s 2016 win and has previously suggested the 2000 election was “illegitimate.” 

Raskin told Axios that Trump “is doing whatever he can to try to interfere with the process, whether we’re talking about manipulating electoral college counts in Nebraska or manipulating the vote count in Georgia or imposing other kinds of impediments.”  

Comer called Raskin a “two-time election denier” who would make similar decisions during this year’s general election.

“Raskin doesn’t care at all about democracy. He only cares about putting a Democrat in the White House whatever the cost,” Comer said. 

Other House members objected to Trump’s election certification, including House Rules Committee Ranking Member Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) who told Axios the party would certify a Trump win “assuming everything goes the way we expect it to.”

“We have to see how it all happens,” McGovern said, adding, “My expectation is that we would.”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) left no question about the Democrats’ commitment to certifying November’s election results at a September press conference.

“House Democrats are going to do everything necessary to … ensure that the winner of the presidential election is certified on Jan. 6 without drama or consequences,” Jeffries said.

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