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Sen. Ron Wyden: The Capitol riots prove we need to strengthen our democracy. That begins with voting rights.
NBC News / Comcast ^ | January 11, 2021 | Sen. Ron Wyden

Posted on 01/11/2021 6:05:24 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

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1 posted on 01/11/2021 6:05:24 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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> The Capitol riots prove we need to strengthen our democracy. That begins with voting rights.

Strange how Democrats can say something conservatives agree with yet mean the complete opposite.


2 posted on 01/11/2021 6:08:24 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (Socialism requires slavery.)
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That means making it easier for every American to vote Democrats to steal votes.

There, fixed it.

3 posted on 01/11/2021 6:09:09 AM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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But what they did in November was overplay their hand with this. Many people are now of the mind that the election was rigged with the help of mail in voting and that basically right then and there destroys any real credibility the Senator has with something like this.


4 posted on 01/11/2021 6:09:27 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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I suspect the “grassroots mobilization” against Manchin, Tester, Sinema, Sherrod Brown and Casey will be far more effective.


5 posted on 01/11/2021 6:12:09 AM PST by No_Mas_Obama
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“””I’ve been fighting for more than two years to pass universal vote-by-mail legislation in the Senate— That can’t go on any longer. We saw unequivocally this time that I’ve been fighting for more than two years to pass universal vote-by-mail legislation in the Senate, where Republicans have blocked it again and again. That can’t go on any longer. We saw unequivocally this time that voting by mail is secure, convenient and good for turnout.”””


The US Senate can pass all the vote by mail laws it wants. But the US Constitution states the election laws are reserved to the states.

What a farce: “ voting by mail is secure, convenient and good for turnout.”


6 posted on 01/11/2021 6:21:38 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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Not going to stop fixing things until the “democrat” wins with 99.3% of the vote.


7 posted on 01/11/2021 6:23:57 AM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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And eliminate the Voter Registration requirement.


8 posted on 01/11/2021 6:26:56 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (If there be WAR in the offing, let it begin HERE. With ME.)
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That can't go on any longer. We saw unequivocally this time that voting by mail is secure, convenient and good for turnout Democrats.
9 posted on 01/11/2021 6:36:33 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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Puerto Rico should be given its independence and let everyone there go back to being good Spaniards.

They have nothing to do with the United States, and we don’t need a navy base in the Eastern Caribbean anymore.


10 posted on 01/11/2021 6:36:44 AM PST by Regulator (It's Fraud, Jim)
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uck Ron Wyden

Here’s a woman who acknowledges that what she is doing is illegal as she coerces THOUSANDS of elderly people to vote straight Democrat ballot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAhTVMikqgU


11 posted on 01/11/2021 6:42:01 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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Time to go back to school. American is not a Democracy.


12 posted on 01/11/2021 6:42:52 AM PST by taxcontrol
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《We saw unequivocally this time that voting by mail is secure, convenient and good for turnout.》

Besides, it’s endorsed by unicorns, elves, and the dead! Clearly it’s the way to go.


13 posted on 01/11/2021 6:51:09 AM PST by Mad Dawg (Sta, si cum canibus magnis currere non potes, in portico. )
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From the article:
That begins with voting rights.

Absolutely false, but a subtle misdirection. "Oh look! Look over here!"

Strengthening our "democracy" begins with honest elections.

14 posted on 01/11/2021 6:52:47 AM PST by frog in a pot (One of the problems... Americans face today is the immensity of what’s happening. --Andrea Widburg )
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“That means making it easier for every American to vote.”

What he means by “make it easier” is that you don’t even have to vote, they’ll do it for you.

I thought they already did that.


15 posted on 01/11/2021 6:56:25 AM PST by farmguy
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The USPS can’t even get my water bill to me and back before late charges hit.


16 posted on 01/11/2021 6:58:55 AM PST by AT7Saluki (No cejar, no ceder)
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Lighten up Ronnie. You talk like you’re sicker in the head than Xiden is.


17 posted on 01/11/2021 7:10:04 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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We’re a republic, not a democracy, Wyden, you nimrod!!


18 posted on 01/11/2021 8:23:28 AM PST by KosmicKitty (Who stole my tagline? It was here yesterday.)
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I’m certain that election reform is coming under the guise of voter rights and/or strengthening democracy but will be loaded with provisions that do neither but will assure Democrat victories in as many jurisdictions as possible. Of course, the Democrats can be confident of bipartisan support with the Republican fool brigade of Romney, Collins, Murkowski, Sasse (one silent S) signing on to virtue signal.


19 posted on 01/11/2021 8:38:43 AM PST by CommerceComet (Biden and Harris, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the CCP. )
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Mail in voting is universally acknowledged by the ENTIRE WORLD to be insecure. Not even 3rd world banana republics use it.


20 posted on 01/11/2021 8:58:52 AM PST by nhbob1
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