Rep. Brendan Boyle: There Is a “Straight Line” Connecting “Lies” of 1/6 and a GOP-Led Pennsylvania Audit

Appearing connected CNN, Representative Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) criticized the Republican Party’s ongoing audit of predetermination results successful the state, saying that determination is simply a consecutive enactment connecting the “lies” that culminated successful the events of January 6 and the audit itself.

“There is nary question astir that,” helium told big John Berman. “There is simply a consecutive enactment due to the fact that the 800 to 1,000 radical who came present connected January 6 and perpetrated the archetypal onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol successful much than 2 centuries were doing truthful due to the fact that galore of them were genuinely convinced that Donald Trump had been someway cheated retired of the predetermination adjacent though Joe Biden got 7 cardinal much votes and much than 300 electoral votes and won the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by tens of thousands of votes.”

“So determination is nary question,” helium added, “that it’s not conscionable the carnal actions of those who were present connected January 6, but besides complicit successful that is those who inspired it.

You tin perceive his remarks successful the video below.

JUST NOW: "There is simply a consecutive line… it's not conscionable the carnal actions of those who were present connected January 6th, but besides complicit successful that is each those who inspired them. "@RepBrendanBoyle connected the interaction of lies and caller "audit" successful PA.pic.twitter.com/UThvzMaDtu

— John Berman (@JohnBerman) September 16, 2021

Boyle’s comments travel the time aft the Pennsylvania GOP authorized subpoenas for idiosyncratic accusation connected each elector astir the commonwealth. The determination kicks disconnected an “Arizona benignant audit” to find grounds of predetermination fraud contempt the deficiency of immoderate discernible evidence.

The audit has been condemned by Governor Tom Wolfe, a Democrat, who successful a connection yesterday decried what helium called an effort to “undermine democracy.”

“Let’s beryllium precise clear, this accusation petition is simply different measurement to undermine democracy, assurance successful our elections and to capitulate to Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories astir the 2020 election. It is simply a nonstop continuation of the aforesaid lies that resulted successful the onslaught connected the Capitol, and that person done truthful overmuch to destabilize our governmental institutions implicit the 10 months since past year’s election,” Wolf said. “We severely request Republicans to instrumentality predetermination information earnestly and halt playing games for governmental gain.”

Wolf’s medication has confirmed it volition instrumentality ineligible enactment to combat the subpoenas.