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House Democrat says 126 Republicans backing Texas election challenge shouldn’t be seated

By Nicholas Rowan
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House Democrat says 126 Republicans backing Texas election challenge shouldn’t be seated

Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey on Friday demanded that House leadership refuse to seat the 126 Republicans supporting Texas’s Supreme Court lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results.

Citing the 14th Amendment, Pascrell said that Republicans supporting the lawsuit “would act to tear the United States government apart” and should not be allowed to serve in Congress.

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