Mike Kelly, Insurrectionist

Kelly is among the Republican legislators who participated in the months-long attempted coup that included the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol. Shortly after the 2020 election, Kelly joined a case before the Supreme Court calling for all the votes for president in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to be discounted based on lies and a preposterous legal argument which the Supreme Court rejected.

On January 6, 2021 in the hours after the attack on the Capitol, Kelly voted to reject the state-certified election results of Arizona and/or Pennsylvania (states narrowly won by Democrats), which would have excluded them from the Electoral College count that determined the next President of the United States and potentially changed the outcome of the election. These legislators have generally changed their story after their vote, claiming it was merely a protest and not intended to change the outcome of the election as they clearly sought prior to the vote.

(Source: govtrack.us)

Mike Kelly, Voted AGAINST Pandemic Relief

The COVID crisis and shutdown was hard on all of us. When working families and small business owners needed our Representative the most, Mike Kelly turned his back on us. In March 2021, Mike Kelly, along with all House Republicans voted AGAINST the American Rescue Plan, which brought $1.9 trillion in COVID relief to all Americans.

(Source: ABC News, wikipedia.org)

Mike Kelly Allegations of Misconduct

Rep. Mike Kelly is accused of making a stock purchase, through his wife, based on nonpublic information he learned in his official duties. An investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics is ongoing.

(Source: govtrack.us)

Mike Kelly, voting AGAINST investing in our communities

Mike Kelly voted against the infrastructure bill that brings $3.9 billion to Pennsylvania.

Under the bill, which was passed without Mike Kelly and his Republican colleagues, almost 30 bridges in the 16th will likely be repaired, and high-speed internet brought to rural areas and lower-income families.

(source: govtrack.us)

Mike Kelly, Conspiracy Theorist

When speaking at a Mercer County Republican Party event in 2017, Kelly advanced the conspiracy theory that former president Barack Obama was running a "shadow government" to undermine President Trump.  When asked about these remarks, Kelly said that they were meant to be private.  After the remarks made national news, Kelly's spokesperson said that Kelly did not believe that Obama "is personally operating a shadow government."

(Sources: Washington Post, Philly.com, Politifact, Early Returns, Wikipedia)

Mike Kelly, No Show Extremist

In late February 2021, Kelly and a dozen other Republican House members skipped votes and enlisted others to vote for them, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, he and the other members were actually attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, which was held at the same time as their slated absences. In response, the Campaign for Accountability, an ethics watchdog group, filed a complaint with the House Committee on Ethics and requested an investigation into Kelly and the other lawmakers.

(Source: CNN.com, Wikipedia)