When “For the People” really means “for the politicians”

American Thinker ^ | 15 Aug, 2021 | Vaughn Cordle

[MtnClimber]

And Ted Cruz is the hero of this story, for he may have saved America from totalitarian, one-party rule.

The For the People Act automatically registers millions of illegal aliens and mandates that felons be allowed to vote – and in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, Senate Democrats attempted to sneak it through right after the $3.5 trillion budget vote. Fortunately, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) blocked that effort.

This was an important vote for Senator Cruz: to stop a federal government takeover of elections and a massive power grab by Democrats. Its Orwellian title, “For the people”, means precisely the opposite. The bill is solely for the politicians because it entrenches their political power. Cruz, to his credit, likely prevented a one-party takeover of government.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) brought the “For The People” act, which 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. According to the Houston Chronicle, it was then, in the middle of the night when many might have been too tired to pay attention, that Schumer sought to pass the federal overhaul of elections by unanimous consent.

Only one objection by a senator was needed to stop the process, and in a roughly 15-minute back-and-forth, Cruz tanked Schumer’s attempt to force the election bill through the Senate, blasting the bill in remarks from 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

[MtnClimber]

Schumer is such a creepy guy. How can the people of New York keep electing him?

[BitWielder1]

How can the people of New York keep electing him?

The answer is in your question.

[sauropod]

bkmk

[Steely Tom]

I vote against him every time I have the opportunity.

[BitWielder1]

True. The Left keeps twisting the language, as usual.

Voter Integrity is depicted as Voter Suppression, even though no legal voters are prevented from voting. Only from voting more than once.
"Voter Rights" in the hands of the Left means free for all cheating:
Illegals, convicts, harvesting from nursing homes, non-voters, dead people and nonexistent addresses, unverified mail-ins and truckloads of pre-printed ballots at 2AM.
Plus we're not allowed to talk about it.

Remember the "Affordable Care Act"? It was anything but affordable.
All of the recent major Dem legislations should have been called "Against The American People Act". If they were honest. If.

[Irenic]

Thanks, Sen Cruz.

[servantoftheservant]

All election results are suspect.

[Leep]

He has only temporarily delayed this..?

Like the dims will just give up trying to force this up the people’s shoot?

[SharpRightTurn]

Kudos, Ted Cruz.

Schumer is still as evil as he ever was and hates this country just as much as he always has.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

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Thank him!!!