BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
The city’s only Republican
member of Congress, Nicole
Malliotakis of Brooklyn and
Staten Island, is a failure when
it comes to upholding American
democratic values, according
to the Republican Accountability
Project (RAP).
The organization, formed
by Never Trump Republicans
who aim to move the party
away from the former president
and his legacy, released
on Tuesday its “GOP Democracy
Report Card,” grading
each sitting Republican Congress
member and senator on
four criteria in their response
to Trump’s efforts to overturn
the results of the 2020 presidential
election.
Malliotakis, who never disputed
her victory over former
Democratic Congressman Max
Rose last November, earned
an F grade for siding with
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Trump-supporting Republicans
on Jan. 6-7 in objecting
to the electoral votes of swing
states. The vote came hours after
a mob of Trump supporters,
white supremacists and militia
members attacked the US Capitol
in an unprecedented assault
aimed at interrupting the
Congressional certifi cation of
presidential election results.
In its assessment, the RAP
declared that Malliotakis
helped advance the Trumpian
big lie about the 2020 election
— one that continues to erode
the democratic process that
has kept this republic functioning
for nearly 245 years.
“Rep. Malliotakis has every
reason to know that there is no
evidence of widespread voter
fraud — certainly not enough
to change the outcome of the
election,” according to the
RAP assessment. “By suggesting
otherwise, she perpetuated
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a lie designed to undermine
faith in our electoral system
and our government.”
Five people, including a
Capitol police offi cer, died in
the Jan. 6 attack. It sparked national
alarm and outrage in the
fi nal days of the Trump administration.
Military members
wound up occupying Washington,
DC to ensure the peaceful
transition of power to the
Biden administration.
The electoral objections and
Capitol attack came after the
former president and his allies
fi led baseless lawsuits and
made numerous false statements
questioning the validity
of the election results.
The RAP report card also
gave Malliotakis an F for making
statements in support of
such rhetoric. On Jan. 5, a day
before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack,
the freshman lawmaker told
the Staten Island Advance that
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill April 15.
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she would object to “some”
electoral votes during the joint
Congressional session to certify
the election results.
Malliotakis also earned
an F for failing to support the
second impeachment of President
Trump, a week after the
Capitol attack, for “incitement
of insurrection.” Ten Republicans
sided with Democrats to
approve the impeachment article,
but the Senate fell 10 votes
short of convicting Trump in
the post-presidency impeachment
trial that followed.
The lawmaker was not given
a grade for the fourth item on
the RAP report card: the amicus
brief in support of Texas’
lawsuit fi led in December
2020 which called on the Supreme
Court to dismiss Pennsylvania’s
election results.
Just 16 Republicans earned
an A grade from the RAP for an
“excellent” defense of American
democracy and rejecting
all efforts to overturn the 2020
election. By contrast, Malliotakis
was one of 135 Republican
Congress members and senators
rated “very poor” in upholding
constitutional values.
Malliotakis’ offi ce did not
provide comment.
Malliotakis gets ‘F’ grade from
anti-Trump Republicans when it
comes to protecting democracy
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