January 6, 2021 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement following the election victories of Senator-elect Reverend Raphael Warnock and Senator-elect Jon Ossoff:
“In the election, the people of Georgia went to the ballot box to vote for transformational, Democratic-led change. Now, because of the courageous leadership of Georgians, America will have a Democratic Senate working hand-in-hand with our Democratic House Majority and President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
“Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff ran and won on the values of advancing equality and opportunity for working people across the state and the nation. In sending these two outstanding Democratic Senators to Washington, Georgians cast their ballots for a fairer, accountable and more compassionate America. Inspired by our beloved John Lewis, Senators-elect Warnock and Ossoff s hunger for justice will bring
Election law experts said the request was almost certain to fail. Gohmert’s suit was recently dismissed in quick order by lower federal courts, and his Supreme Court bid came just moments before Vice President Pence began presiding over a joint session of Congress to finalize Biden’s victory.
“Given the track record of this lawsuit in the lower courts, the attempt now to get the Supreme Court to take it up gives new meaning to a last-minute ‘Hail Mary,’ ” said Edward Foley, a law professor at Ohio State University. “It’s hard to imagine it having less chance of success and thus it would be beyond shocking if the Court agreed to intervene as requested.”
Bowser tweeted out a statement requesting that legislation establishing D.C. statehood be on Biden’s desk within the first 100 days of the 117th Congress.
“Washingtonians have waited over 200 years for the representation we deserve as American citizens,” the mayor said in her statement.
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“With our seats at the table, we can help build back better than ever before,” she wrote. “Just like the millions of Americans who voted nationwide and the thousands who organized and voted in Georgia, we are ready to build a more perfect union – one in which all voices are heard, one in which we work together to uplift families in cities, and suburbs, and small towns, and one in which the 712,000 residents of Washington, DC have full access to our nation’s democracy.”
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