Posted on 08/13/2021 10:34:32 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
While you were sleeping Senator Ted Cruz saved the nation from Marxist control on Wednesday night from the radical Democrats.
Cruz killed the Democrats’ “The People Act” that would put power into the Marxist’s hands.
Thank God for Ted Cruz.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blocked an attempt by Senate Democrats to push through a federal election overhaul bill early Wednesday morning.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) brought the For The People Act, a bill critics say amounts to a federal takeover of elections, to the floor around 3:30 a.m. after the Senate had concluded 15 hours of amendment votes on a $3.5 trillion budget resolution. In the dead of night, Schumer sought to pass the federal overhaul of elections by unanimous consent, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Only one objection by a senator was required to stop the process. In a roughly 15-minute back-and-forth, Cruz tanked Schumer’s attempt to force the election bill through the Senate. Cruz blasted the bill in remarks on the Senate floor:
This bill would constitute a federal government takeover of elections. It would constitute a massive power grab by Democrats. It would disenfranchise millions of Americans and it would do precisely the opposite of its nominal title, ‘For The People.’ It is, instead, for the politicians because it entrenches politicians and ensures that the people cannot vote them out of office. It would strike down virtually every reasonable voter integrity law in the country, including voter I.D. laws supported by the overwhelming majority of this country, including prohibitions on ballot harvesting, again widely supported by people in this country. It would mandate that felons be allowed to vote, and it would automatically register millions of illegal aliens to vote. It would profoundly undermine democracy in this country, and for that reason I object.
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I think they already have.......................
hopefully ted will have reinforcements when they return.
The Democrats are running a coup.
Act accordingly.
Were the other repubs just going to sit back and let it pass by unanimous consent?
Can we asy that this is the modern day version of the Enabling Acts? My how history rhymes....
I don’t trust Ted. I think he’s a grandstander and political opportunist.
BINGO!
Exactly…….why wasn’t there a rush to the floor to speak against it.
Well good for Ted, he is my senator, (I don’t count Cornyn). But like someone else said, how could he be the only person speaking up against unanimous consent?
They already ran the Coup, now os just tying up loose ends
I certainly second that emotion. They were looking out for their own wallet, not the country. They have condemned all of us to teetering on the country's financial ruin, while they collect their payoffs from China and others. They belong in jail, not Congress. Hurray for Senator Cruz. Did anyone else object?
You don’t deserve this country.
Where was The Master Senate Rules Technician Ditch?
Who knew that the GOP had members capable of random acts of patriotism?
You spelled Communists wrong.
Kabuki theater.
“You spelled Communists wrong.”
I did and I stand corrected. (-:
If COVID is so bad why are all the Super Old Congress Critters still alive and destroying the US
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