GOP Rep Who Sought To Overturn Election Now Says Biden Won (Because Rep Is Now Running For NY Gov)

May 16, 2021 Republicans, Trump cultists

Newsday reports:

Rep. Lee Zeldin, the front-runner to be the Republican nominee for New York governor, acknowledged in a Newsday interview last week that Joe Biden won the presidency and said he won’t call the election “illegitimate,” even though he sought to overturn it.

Zeldin edged away from former President Donald Trump in the interview in the Capitol Wednesday just hours after he voted to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from the House Republican leadership for her repeated denunciations of Trump’s election claims.

Read the full article. You’ll see that his word salad response about the election still gives room for the cultists to believe he’s on their side.

Rep. Lee Zeldin repositioning himself now that he’s running for governor of NY. In interview with Newsday, Zeldin acknowledges Biden won the election — even though Zeldin sought to overturn it. https://t.co/4omLYGX99e

— Joel Siegel (@joelmsiegel) May 16, 2021