[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 216 (Saturday, December 19, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             2020 ELECTION

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, in this town, political arguments often 
change places very quickly. Actually, observers could get whiplash when 
that happens.
  Now, just think about just a few months back. Before this election, 
we had elected Democrats scaring voters with irresponsible conspiracy 
theories that President Trump was going to somehow use his office to 
interfere with State elections or that he was in cahoots with the 
Postal Service not to deliver ballots.
  Remember back after the 2016 election, the irresponsibly worded 
talking point was that Russia ``hacked our elections,'' leading to 
polls 2 years later showing that 67 percent of Democrats believed 
falsely that ``Russia tampered with vote tallies in order to get Donald 
Trump elected.''
  Now let's turn to the 2020 election just completed. Those same people 
are now earnestly warning of the dangers of Americans questioning 
certified election results. Think just for a minute. Those who 
supported hashtag ``resist'' after Trump's election are now lecturing 
others about the need for faith in elections.
  It is kind of disturbing to me--the hutzpah of some of the people 
around here, what they said in 2016 and after versus what they are 
saying now.
  I yield the floor.

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