One New Jersey Democrat is leading the push.
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Democrat Rep. Bill Pascrell of the 9th Congressional District is also the former mayor of Paterson where, just last month, they held a judicially-ordered redo municipal election, and one of the winning candidates is facing criminal charges. Unchastened by what’s going on in his own backyard, Pascrell penned a letter to his long-time friend Nancy Pelosi on December 11th asking the speaker to bar the Republican congressmen.
“Stated simply, men and women who would act to tear the United States government apart cannot serve as Members of the Congress,” wrote Pascrell. “These lawsuits seeking to obliterate public confidence in our democratic system by invalidating the clear results of the 2020 presidential election attack the text and spirit of the Constitution, which each Member swears to support and defend, as well as violate the Rules of our House of Representatives, which explicitly forbid Members from committing unbecoming a