This 'craven' act could let GOP keep House majority even if Dems sweep midterms: analysis

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3. Utter nonsense

But why should one expect anything but nonsense from clickbait site Rawstory?

Ex-rep Israel believes the "preferred representative" chosen at the ballots could be overturned, as the "final arbiter" is the speaker of the House, Republican rep Mike Johnson. There is precedence to refuse the results of the midterms and stagger on with a slim majority, too.

The “final arbiter” is not the speaker, since when the new Congress convenes on January 3 2027, the house does not have a speaker, as all members are considered “members-elect”.

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RL30725

The first order of business is the election of the speaker by the members-elect, none of whom have been sworn in yet.

If Dems have flipped the house, they will have more members-elect present, and would presumably elect a Democratic speaker.

Following the election and swearing in of a speaker, the speaker then administers the oath of office to the other members elect.

At that time, Objections may be raised to seating a particular member, but if the Republicans conspire to object to enough Democrats to retain a majority, Democrats can object right back and deny seating Republicans. It would be a messy tit for tat, and will not happen.

Just because a former representative says something doesn’t make it true.