Commentary: After an unprecedented day in American history in which violent protesters entered the U.S. Capitol and derailed Congressional proceedings, Representative Yvette Herrell unabashedly followed through on her threat to object to the certification of election results. This, despite the fact that a number of her Republican colleagues who planned to object to the certification reversed course. The first vote in the decertification effort was defeated by a bipartisan majority including 83 Republican Members of Congress voting to certify the results. Representative Herrell has repeatedly echoed false claims about the 2020 election in an attempt to justify why she is putting her own political beliefs ahead of the voice of American voters.
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Show Transcript GOOD EVENING STELLA. HEY, GOOD EVENING. IT’S NOT OFTEN, NEW MEXICO LAWMAKERS ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE AISLE AGREE ON SOMETHING WHETHER REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS SAY VIOLENCE IS NEVER THE ANSWER. WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING TODAY WAS JUST SAYING WE HAD AN ELECTION. WE ARE CERTIFYING THE RESULTS AND THAT’S NOT WHAT WE’RE DOING TODAY THE EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED TODAY IN OUR NATION’S CAPITAL LEAVING NEWLY-ELECTED LAWMAKERS. STUNNED REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE YVETTE HARRELL TOOK OFFICE THIS WEEK HAROLD TWEETING THE VIOLENCE AT THE US CAPITOL TODAY AS REPREHENSIBLE. I CONDEMN ANYONE WHO WOULD ENDANGER OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT LIKE THIS. ALSO SWORN IN THIS WEEK DEMOCRAT SENATOR BEN RAY LUJAN TWEETING THE SIEGE OF THE US CAPITOL BY RIOTERS ENDANGER