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Pennsylvania MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHO VOTED OVERTURN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PENNSYLVANIA Social Media Review MEMBER INDEX EVERY NAME IS HYPERLINKED TO THE MEMBER’S SECTION JOHN JOYCE (R-PA-13) 3 FRED KELLER (R-PA-12) 11 MIKE KELLY (R-PA-16) 25 DANIEL MEUSER (R-PA-09) 33 SCOTT PERRY (R-PA-10) 48 GUY RESCHENTHALER (R-PA-14) 68 LLOYD SMUCKER (R-PA-11) 91 GLENN THOMPSON (R-PA-15) 94 Page 2 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review JOHN JOYCE (R-PA-13) Member, House Energy and Commerce Committee PRE-INSURRECTION – https://twitter.com/JohnJoyceForPA/status/1324750803677155328 https://twitter.com/RepJohnJoyce/status/1324839559734169603 Page 3 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepJohnJoyce/status/1325188862923169792 Page 4 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepJohnJoyce/status/1334188891805523968 Page 5 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepJohnJoyce/status/1337150786414014465 Page 6 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://www.facebook.com/RepJohnJoyce/posts/1087244748388129 https://twitter.com/RepJohnJoyce/status/1344720606256910340 – Excerpt selected by staff. Highlights added by staff. Page 7 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepJohnJoyce/status/1346565975383150592 Page 8 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review DAY OF – https://www.facebook.com/RepJohnJoyce/posts/1097485977364006 (before riot) – Excerpt selected by staff. Highlights added by staff. Page 9 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://www.facebook.com/RepJohnJoyce/posts/1097818187330785 (after riot) Video: “We must acknowledge that unconstitutional acts unduly impacted the presidential election in Pennsylvania.” Page 10 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review FRED KELLER (R-PA-12) Member, House Education and Labor Committee; Member, House Oversight and Reform Committee PRE-INSURRECTION – https://twitter.com/VoteFredKeller/status/1324473985606815746 Page 11 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller/status/1324753180572475392 Page 12 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller/status/1325929127921262592 Video: “We asked the Attorney General and Governor not to have any influence over the results, but the AG tweeted out who the winner would be before the votes were counted.” Page 13 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller/status/1327658220266156032 Page 14 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller/status/1334155066572410881 Page 15 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller/status/1334561810922549250 Video: “Until every case has been heard, until the decisions have been made, absolutely the President has a shot.” Page 16 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/VoteFredKeller/status/1335246403044597762 Page 17 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller/status/1335700941018947586 Video: “The foundation of our republic rests on secure elections.” Page 18 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller/status/1337170232876601344 Page 19 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller/status/1344714226615668737 Page 20 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller/status/1346528459615596551 Video: “The U.S. Constitution has been violated. The state legislature did not make the changes to election law.” Page 21 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller/status/1346601359181832192 Video: “Democrats objected in previous years.” Page 22 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review DAY OF – https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller/status/1346856682228428801 (before riot) Page 23 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller/status/1346874209469943808 (before riot) POST-INSURRECTION – https://twitter.com/RepFredKeller/status/1347241017255350272 Video: “The criminal behavior we witnessed today before us does not erase the facts before us.” Page 24 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review MIKE KELLY (R-PA-16) Member, House Ways and Means Committee PRE-INSURRECTION – https://twitter.com/MikeKellyforPA/status/1324551560391741442 Page 25 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://www.facebook.com/MikeKellyforCongress/posts/10159221462076807 Page 26 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepCloudTX/status/1324831068487356416 (retweet) Page 27 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/CongressmanGT/status/1325183191536332805 (retweet) https://www.facebook.com/MikeKellyforCongress/posts/10159230513076807 Page 28 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/MikeKellyPA/status/1328712098998857729 https://twitter.com/MikeKellyPA/status/1329112365317689346 Page 29 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://www.facebook.com/MikeKellyforCongress/posts/10159311539016807 https://www.facebook.com/MikeKellyforCongress/posts/10159335488006807 Page 30 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/MikeKellyPA/status/1346577907586629636 Page 31 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review POST-INSURRECTION – https://twitter.com/MikeKellyPA/status/1351969079180095488 Page 32 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review DANIEL MEUSER (R-PA-09) Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Member, House Small Business Committee PRE-INSURRECTION – https://twitter.com/Meuser4Congress/status/1324405413253730304 https://twitter.com/Meuser4Congress/status/1324517430555758595 Note: This tweet has been deleted since staff pulled the link and screenshot. Page 33 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepMeuser/status/1324838022039408640 Audio: “We’re going to have a real credibility issue here whatever the outcome is.” Page 34 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepMeuser/status/1325193305123065856 – Excerpts selected by staff. Highlights added by staff. … Page 35 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://www.facebook.com/RepMeuser/posts/1321594804848405 Video: “[The presidential election is not over] because the votes have not been accurately counted at this point.” Page 36 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepMeuser/status/1329094569716289536 Video: “[Voters are] rightfully upset and concerned about the irregularities that occurred in the last election. There are valid reasons for the collective feeling of disenfranchisement and distrust.” Page 37 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepMeuser/status/1331365189267169284 Video: “Here in Pennsylvania, millions of people have serious concerns as to the overall integrity of the election, but certainly the fairness of the election of the President of the United States… We can’t allow a system to be gamed… We have a very important election, the presidential election of 2020, that still needs some answers to some questions.” Page 38 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepMeuser/status/1334871592980144129 Note: This tweet has been deleted since staff pulled the link and screenshot. (The article itself is still online here, but under a pay wall.) Page 39 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepMeuser/status/1335407662213763072 Note: This followed Trump’s rally in Georgia in which he spent significant time railing against election fraud. https://twitter.com/Meuser4Congress/status/1335405365362642945 Note: This tweet has been deleted since staff pulled the link and screenshot. https://twitter.com/Meuser4Congress/status/1335399813790240769 Page 40 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepMeuser/status/1337049679322865666 Video: “Constitutional violations that took place.” Page 41 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://www.facebook.com/RepMeuser/posts/1346783292329556 Note: This tweet has been deleted since staff pulled the link and screenshot. The press release is still on his website. Page 42 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepMeuser/status/1339960167434235906 Note: This tweet has been deleted since staff pulled the link and screenshot. The op-ed – which was a response to an Editorial criticizing him – is still on The Daily Item’s website. Page 43 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://twitter.com/RepMeuser/status/1334871592980144129 Note: This tweet has been deleted since staff pulled the link and screenshot. The statement is still on his website. Page 44 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://www.facebook.com/RepMeuser/posts/1364535467221005?__tn__=K-R Note: This post has been deleted since staff pulled the link and screenshot. Page 45 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review DAY OF – https://twitter.com/Meuser4Congress/status/1346878163369005056 (before riot) POST-INSURRECTION – https://twitter.com/RepMeuser/status/1347183356342108162 Note: This tweet has been deleted since staff pulled the link and screenshot. Video: “A large number of Pennsylvania are enormously frustrated.” Page 46 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://www.facebook.com/RepMeuser/posts/1369945383346680?__tn__=K-R – Highlights added by staff. Note: This post has been deleted since staff pulled the link and screenshot. Page 47 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review SCOTT PERRY (R-PA-10) Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Member, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee PRE-INSURRECTION – https://www.facebook.com/ScottPerryforCongress/posts/2999052780195121 Page 48 of 96 Back to Top Social Media Review https://www.facebook.com/ScottPerryforCongress/posts/3000058073427925
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