joining us now is florida republican
greg stouby from house judiciary it's
great to see you again congressman
okay house speaker nancy pelosi accused
of a a major
power grab attempt she's saying it's her
right as speaker to seat or unseat
any member of congress she wants even if
the election is certified
she's trying to use her power to
overturn a republican victory
in a state-certified election in iowa
your thoughts on your reaction to nancy
pelosi here
well only in the current political
climate that we're in is republicans who
just
object just object not overturn but
object to clearly constitutional issues
in the last election cycle were deemed
by her as domestic terrorists and
enemies of the state
but it's within her purview and her
right to completely deny the rights of
iowans
in the second district congressional
district in iowa of their rights to vote
only in the current political climate
could this be going on so
quite frankly i hope they do bring this
to the floor because you're already
hearing from a lot of moderate democrats
that they're not willing to vote for
this and that they're the the
the speaker pelosi is going way too far
in trying to change the outcome
of an election that oh by the way has
been certified
and oh by the way the opponent the
democrat hasn't filed a single challenge
in the court system because she knows
that she's lost
after multiple recounts
yeah pelosi in 2017 said in our house
when someone gets elected
quote we seat them we enfranchise their
voters now she's flip-flopping
in order to protect her razor-thin hold
on power
the democrat majority there democrat
rita hart lost the election
to republican marionette miller meeks uh
claims that there's still about 22 legal
ballots to be counted
uh but this this there was always
already a recount and the state
candidacy board
in iowa already already signed off on it
let's watch nancy pelosi here
watch this now if i wanted to be unfair
i wouldn't have seated the dem the
republican from iowa because that was my
right
on the opening day i would have just
said they're not seated and that would
be my right as speaker to do
does she have a right to do that it's
not her right it's the right of the
american people to decide
who their congressional representative
is and the iowa second district has
already decided
that miller meeks is their congressional
representative she's been
certified after multiple recounts she's
been sworn in as a member of the united
states congress
and to overturn the will of the people
in iowa
uh is just completely opposite of what
america stands for
and uh if they bring this to a vote i
think
it would be very challenging for speaker
pelosi to even get the votes in her own
caucus
to overturn an election that's been
certified and that a member of this
congress has been sworn in so i look
forward to the opportunity to vote
against
this bill when it comes to the floor and
i'm quite curious to see what the
democrats do if
speaker pelosi is so short-sighted to
bring a bill like this to the floor of
the house
so you're seeing moderate democrats
already coming out privately to say yes
we're going to oppose nancy pelosi here
because the governor of iowa
is saying we cannot let nancy pelosi try
to federalize
state elections your your response to
that yeah there's been a number of
moderate democrats slotkin
phillips in minnesota that's that's made
public remarks
that this isn't the the right direction
to go she can only lose five votes
the democrats only have a five vote
majority on the house floor we won 15
seats this last election cycle
so she loses more than five votes she's
not going to be able to do what she
wants to do and quite frankly i hope she
does bring it up for a vote
and put all these democrats on the board
to unseat a fairly seated
member of congress who's been sworn in
certified
after multiple recounts and the democrat
oh by the way hasn't even filed a
lawsuit in iowa
to contest the results of the election
right congressman stooby it's good to
see you thanks for joining us come back
soon
thanks for having me