Did Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin say "we won't be certifying the election" if Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election? No, that's not true: Raskin posted on his verified X account that the quote was "fabricated." Lead Stories could not find any evidence that Raskin made this statement. His website did not have any links that corroborated the purported statement.
The claim appeared in a post on Threads (archived here) on November 5, 2024. The caption read:
🚨BREAKING: Jamie Raskin said, 'Let folks cast their votes for Trump if that's their choice. But mark my words, we won't be certifying the election. He might win, but we'll ensure he doesn't step foot in the Oval Office.'
Is this not an insurrection?
Also, will SNL be in trouble for having Kamala on their show?
Unbelievable double standards. Despicable.
This is what the post looked like on Threads at the time of writing:
(Source: Threads screenshot taken on Tue Nov 5 13:41:13 2024 UTC)
The post did not include any evidence that Raskin made this statement.
Raskin responded to the claim on X on November 5, 2024, with his own statement (archived here):
This fictional 'quote' is 100% fabricated.
It's one more lie in the stream of right-wing lies designed to undermine our election. Despite this actionable libel and all the disinformation, America is having a free and fair election and Congress will certify the winner.
A screenshot of the post is below:
(Source: X screenshot taken on Tue Nov 5 16:44:35 2024 UTC)
Lead Stories searched for recent news stories mentioning "Jamie Raskin" and "'Let folks cast their votes for Trump if that's their choice. But mark my words, we won't be certifying the election. He might win, but we'll ensure he doesn't step foot in the Oval Office'" on Google News. We found no news reports or credible sources that would confirm that Raskin made this statement (archived here).
Lead Stories checked Raskin's website, and neither his "In The News" or "Press Release" pages reported on Raskin claiming the election would not be certified if Trump won.
At the time of writing, CheckYourFact had reviewed the same claim.
Other Lead Stories fact checks of claims surrounding the 2024 U.S. presidential election are here.
