Miller-Meeks (R-Ia-02): Trump should stay and 'plenty of blame to go around' for US Capitol riot [View all]

https://qctimes.com/news/local/miller-meeks-trump-should-stay-and-plenty-of-blame-to-go-around-for-us-capitol/article_8cf5914a-d959-5b69-8314-fa329a1e23d2.html

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While continuing to condemn the mob violence that gripped the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, freshman Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks on Thursday suggested President Trump and congressional Republicans should not be held accountable for stoking the violence.

And while recognizing Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect, Miller-Meeks insisted "there was fraud" in the 2020 presidential election, despite a series of reviews and court cases that found no evidence of widespread issues.

"I think there is plenty of blame to go around to all of us," Miller-Meeks told the Quad-City Times of the "feeling of helplessness and powerlessness and hopelessness" Americans feel, fueled by a pandemic, racial turmoil and a contested presidential election, that has led to unrest across the nation.

Miller-Meeks said that if Democrats were not blamed or held accountable for violence that erupted during protests this summer over police killings of unarmed Black men and women, Trump and Republicans likewise should not be held to blame for the U.S. Capitol riot and Americans expressing "grievances" over what numerous state and federal courts and election officials have found was a free and fair election.

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Thank goodness there is still a very good chance the errors that put her in office even for a little while can be corrected.