The Democrat in the lead to replace Pelosi is an election denier. But will the media call him that?

Fox News reports (emphasis added), "The leading candidate to replace Nancy Pelosi as the next House Democratic leader is a 2016 election denier who openly argued that former President Donald Trump was an 'illegitimate' president."

In 2019, Election Denier Hakeem Jeffries said Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and “artificially” made Trump president. pic.twitter.com/ZMhngEMkOl

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 18, 2022

"House Democratic Conference Chair Hakeem Jeffries announced Friday he's running to lead Democrats in the next Congress," the report continued. "He appears to have a clear path to the job since no other challenger has emerged so far, and he has won praise from several Democrats."

Fox News noted, "But Jeffries was one of many Democrats who questioned whether Trump legitimately won the 2016 election due to alleged Russian interference and collusion. He often made statements about Trump's 2016 victory that are similar to claims Trump made about the 2020 race being stolen.

"The more we learn about 2016 the more ILLEGITIMATE it becomes," Jeffries tweeted from his congressional account in 2018. "America deserves to know whether we have a FAKE President in the Oval Office."

The more we learn about 2016 election the more ILLEGITIMATE it becomes. America deserves to know whether we have a FAKE President in the Oval Office #RussianInterference https://t.co/x3BHO5CPIm

— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) February 16, 2018

"History will never accept you as a legitimate president," Jeffries tweeted from his personal account about Trump in 2020."

Meet Election Denier Hakeem Jeffries — the new leader of the House Democrats. pic.twitter.com/vCh19NsLQx

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 17, 2022

Throughout the midterm election and still, the media applied "election denier" to Republican candidates who have had questions or doubts about election results.

Will the media now apply the same standard to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries?

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Should Democrat election deniers be considered for leadership? https://t.co/ykz8kYpxkQ

— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) November 21, 2022