Republicans Explain Why They Voted Against The Electoral Reform Bill

Republicans Explain Why They Voted Against The Electoral Reform Bill

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After the House of Representatives passed a bill to strengthen the presidential certification process, The Onion asked Republicans who voted against it why they oppose reforming the Electoral Count Act.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)

Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)

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“I have one ‘yes’ vote per year, and I’m saving it for the bill where we legalize cannibalism.”

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Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)

Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)

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“I just vote against everything. Even if you put a bill on the floor mandating that every American had to suck my dick and give me $200 after, I would still vote against it.”

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Lauren Boebert (R-CO)

Lauren Boebert (R-CO)

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“I think counting numbers is a made-up crock of shit that liberals invented.”

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Greg Pence (R-IN)

Greg Pence (R-IN)

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“For so many years, I’ve wanted to see my brother killed by lunatic extremists. This is still my best chance.”

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Steve Scalise (R-LA)

Steve Scalise (R-LA)

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“Being president shouldn’t be as easy as convincing everyone to vote for you. You should also have to imprison hundreds of violent militiamen who swarm the Capitol to kill you.”

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Paul Gosar (R-AZ)

Paul Gosar (R-AZ)

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“I think it’s a sort of meaningless piece of legislation that doesn’t really address the underlying issues surrounding election integrity. Also, it still allows Black people to vote.”

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Elise Stefanik (R-NY)

Elise Stefanik (R-NY)

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“The less votes are counted, the better my chance to be elected to higher office.”

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Darrell Issa (R-CA)

Darrell Issa (R-CA)

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“I don’t know. Why does anyone do anything? Get off my fucking back.”

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French Hill (R-AR)

French Hill (R-AR)

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“Everyone else must suffer as much as I, a man whose name sounds like knockoff salad dressing.”

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Buddy Carter (R-GA)

Buddy Carter (R-GA)

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“I really want MTG to start calling me Bud Light so that it will catch on with the others, so I vote for whatever she does.”

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Michael Guest (R-MS)

Michael Guest (R-MS)

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“I don’t know. I just look at whichever way the person next to me is voting and vote the same.”

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Louie Gohmert (R-TX)

Louie Gohmert (R-TX)

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“Gohmie naughty!”

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Joseph Gurney Cannon (R-IL)

Joseph Gurney Cannon (R-IL)

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“I thought the idea of electoral count reform was cockamamy back when I voted against it in 1887, and I still think it’s nonsense now!”

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Mark Amodei (R-NV)

Mark Amodei (R-NV)

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“Because if it all breaks right in 2024, guess who’s gonna be president? That’s right, Mark Amodei.”

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Matt Gaetz (R-FL)

Matt Gaetz (R-FL)

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“If my 17-year-old girlfriend’s vote doesn’t count, neither should anyone else’s.”

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Randy Feenstra (R-IA)

Randy Feenstra (R-IA)

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“I didn’t want it to go forward because I don’t think that a bill on voting rights should get decided by something as undemocratic as the Senate.”

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Joe Wilson (R-SC)

Joe Wilson (R-SC)

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“Wait, they record how we vote? Fuck! My constituents are going to be pissed.”

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Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN)

Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN)

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“If you’ve read the entire bill, you know that it contains a lot of words, which made me tired and bored, so I voted nay.”

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Madison Cawthorn (R-NC)

Madison Cawthorn (R-NC)

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“I have a special coin I keep in my desk. It has Thomas Jefferson on it. Whenever I have to cast a vote on a bill, I flip the coin. Heads is yea; tails is nay. People think I’m super conservative, but I’m not. Every decision I make is based on the coin, including the decision to never walk again. I love my coin.”

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David Schweikert (R-AZ)

David Schweikert (R-AZ)

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“I couldn’t make the last Capitol riot, but I’m really hoping I get an invite for the next one.”

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Jim Jordan (R-OH)

Jim Jordan (R-OH)

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“There aren’t enough frustrating ambiguities and loopholes in the presidential certification process to begin with, so I will be introducing my own bill to add a few wrinkles.”

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Kay Granger (R-TX)

Kay Granger (R-TX)

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“The founding fathers designed our voting system to be so incredibly flawed that it is easy to exploit and manipulate, and it is our duty to keep it that way.”

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Dusty Johnson (R-SD)

Dusty Johnson (R-SD)

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“Oh, is that what I was voting on?”

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