Rep. Barbara Lee: Trump’s Legitimacy ‘Has To Be Put into Question’

‘We did not want the electoral college to be certified because we felt that the legitimacy of any election must be clear’

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LEE: “Let me just say — first of all, we — there were six of us who during the certification of the electoral college, we protested that certification. We did not want the electoral college to be certified because we felt that the legitimacy of any election must be clear and the American people deserve to know what the involvement was in terms of Russia. And so —“
JACKSON: “Mm-hmm.”
LEE: “— our democratic process was eroded, it was tampered with and the legitimacy of any election that is really tampered with by a foreign power has to be put into question. Congressman —“
JACKSON: “So —“
LEE: “— Lewis is a moral leader, a civil and human rights leader. When Congressman Lewis speaks, the world listens. And so, I hope people are listening very carefully and I hope that a bipartisan commission that can let the American people know about the legitimacy of the election as it relates to Russian interference is passed by Congress and then the public can decide for themselves.”

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