“Every time a Republican has been elected president over the last few decades, House Democrats have objected to the result”
What PolitiFact found
Democrats have objected to election results in prior years, after the losing candidate had conceded. When Republicans objected in 2021, Trump was trying to stay in office.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Lee Zeldin (Member of Congress) made this claim around 6 September 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 September 2022, 16 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Lee Zeldin has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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