Democratic efforts to get out the vote paid off big in the Presidential election last month…
It could also payoff for Democrats again in the Georgia US Senate runoff elections….
AP reports that Some Republicans ARE looking to start up fighting against voting access across the country….
The pandemic also pushed more American’s to mail in their voting ballots….
And ALL this worked against Donald Trump attacking the efforts in the states that have have been virtually fraud free among over 150 million votes….
Republican lawmakers in key states that President-elect Biden won have vowed to crack down on voting reforms implemented amid the coronavirus pandemic that made it easier for Americans to vote, according to AP.
Why it matters: The popular reforms contributed to this year’s record turnoutand did not produce widespread fraud as claimed by President Trump and his supporters, according to the Department of Justice.
Context: Attorney General Bill Barr told AP in early December that the department did not uncover evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
The big picture:
- Georgia: Republicans in Georgia, which Biden narrowly won, have proposed requiring a photo ID when voting absentee, a ban on drop boxes and requiring an excuse for mail voting.
- Georgia’s two U.S. Senate runoffs in January will take place under current law.
- Pennsylvania: Republicans, who hold a majority in both Pennsylvania legislative chambers, are discussing changing a law that extends mail voting to all registered voters by instead requiring an excuse to receive a ballot in the mail.
- Michigan: Republican legislators held a hearing where lawyers for Trump baselessly alleged widespread voting irregularities, and the Democratic secretary of state warned that could precipitate new voting rules.
Of note: Some Republican-held states are instead attempting to make it easier for Americans to vote….
Unsurprising as Republicans have long bern obsessed with this kind of thing,yet puzzling.
The Republicans did well with this expanded voting increasing their numbers in Congress and generally doing well in down ballot races.
Indeed the only place where arguably the expanded voting might have hurt was in the presidential race.
The only conclusion?Republicans are really upset at Trumps loss.
Trump complained about mail-in voting while state level Republicans embraced the increased voting….
Yet it’s Republicans at the state level that are leading these efforts to restrict voting.
In other words,they are still intent on following Trump.
Yes…
It ALSO the Republicans at state level that have counted voted and certified vote results FOR Biden in sone states….
What this have to do with the topic of Republicans promoting legislation to limit voting?
What?They deserve “credit” for not stealing the election?
That’s stupid but apparently that’s what you are saying.
As long as 79% of Republicans parrot Trump’s claims of “voter fraud” they will see limiting the votes if minorities and urban and suburban voters as their only recourse.
70% of Republicans I mean.
In fact going INTO last months election voter suppression WAS the SOP for GOPer’s….
A paradox developed for last months election as GOPer’s realized that people WERE coming out to vote pandemic or not…
Seems confused?
Yes it was…
So the question remains,Why are they back to advocating voter suppression legislation?
The only reason I can see?Theyre still listening to Trump who has continued to push the line that all sorts of fraud was going on in the voting procedures.
If you have another explanation?Please bring it forward.
Biden won…..
Record mail voting….
Georgia …
Pennsylvania….
And Trump..
Or in other words,Trump lost.Hes making wild accusations with no basis in fact and like the good MAGA red hat bootlickers they are?
They are shilling for him.
Glad you agree!
And fellow Republican lawmakers will vote to overide him on the Defense bill….
And held firm against his $2,000 attempt
Yep!
Once agin Homer…
The topic at hand is voter suppression not tye Defense Bill or the Covid Bill.
Two different topics that have no relationship whatsoever.
And all this over a post that you made!
Hilarious.but not surprising.
And of course, a majority of Republicans in Congress publicly went on record to support Trump’s efforts to retain power.
Never forget those who supported sedition. They will do it again if given the chance.
True.
James ,however, just refuses to accept the reality of this.
He claims,as best as I can determine, that they don’t “really” mean this and they’re just doing it to curry favor with Republican voters,whom he then incongruously claims don’t “really” support Trump.
Goofy?Yes ,but if you read his comments ,that’s the only conclusion one can teach.
Seemingly ,for reasons unknown ,and after calling them things such as “dummies”, he feels some “need” to defend them.
Yes Jack….
Things aren’t as simple as u would like them to be….
But knock urself out….
Politician’s often go whatever way the wind blows…
Gonna be interesting watching to see if ur states senior Senator does a 180 and cozy up to Biden…
On the contrary, you are very “simple.”
Translation to the above?You have no response.
As to Graham?He has done a good deal to cozy back up with the Hard Right in S.C.Past history would suggest that he would move back to the middle.The question is does he think he can scam them one more time?
Ur question was answered…..
U don’t have ti like the several answers i gave…
I think Lindsey will NOT problem reverting back to dancing with who ever is in the White House…
Especially a former Senate friend
Your answer?
“Things aren’t as simple as you’d like them to be But knock yourself out…”. Yeah that’s real responsive.
Look everyone here knows why you can’t answer.You don’t know how.You have no real “views.” Instead you just pound away at your keyboard in a weird stream of consciousness that means nothing because days, or even hours later, you may contradict everything you previously said.
I just point it out and ,frustrated ,you give some irrelevant mishmash as the above.
Jack you make me laugh sometimes
You accept YOUR point of view as gospel
You walk around concrete answers that differ f ur point of view…
I have patience…
Yup…..
Another paradox….
140 House Republicans went on record….
Yet the House and Senate seem about to vote to over turn Trump’s veto of the Defense bill handing their party leader ANOTHER legislative LOSS…..
I see no paradox,nor do I see where a vote on overriding a veto of a defense bill , has anything to do with the topic at hand.
What I see from you is nothing but your well known obfuscation .