Posted on 12/16/2021 12:00:45 PM PST by RandFan
The White House wants to mark the new year with a forceful push for voting rights, portraying the protection of the ballot as a battle for democracy itself. But despite a renewed emphasis from an increasingly impatient and frustrated base, prospects for legislative success still look grim.
West Wing aides believe that fresh federal efforts to defend the ballot and install safeguards ahead of the midterm elections are likely to be dashed by some Democrats’ resistance to changing the Senate filibuster, a reluctance spearheaded by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
The White House has been considering connecting the voting rights drive with the upcoming first anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, making the case that the most sacred tenant of America’s democracy remains under siege one year after the insurrection fueled by the election fraud lies told by former President Donald Trump.
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Thanks Bratch.
I still think something is going on with all this chatter about it.
How about the Constitution and the Filibuster?
Is that Sinema or Lady Gaga?
Some sort of ID and we cannot just mail out ballots haphazardly as our voter rolls are always inaccurate. Only requests from the voter will be allowed for absentee voting.
Sinema just said no.
Is that Sinema or Lady Gaga?It's getting more difficult to determine.
The democrats voting rights bill would get them to the same place the BBB bill would, maybe quicker.
“...will that be enough for the sheeple to start scratching their heads and wonder how they keep winning when nobody votes for them?”
Nope.
Bought off** + stupid + gib-me-dats + Karens = Critical mass.
** which will include student loan (leftist welfare) forgiveness beneficiaries timed perfectly in 2022.
Defelct, distract, demogague. It all the Leftists running the US Democrat party have to offer. They screw up everything they touch.
the kooks on social media are adamant about destroying election integrity even more than it was during the 2020 cycle. They hate that some states have made any changes to making sure the elections aren’t stolen again.
“Voting rights”, “protection of the ballot”, “our democracy”. There isn’t anything they can’t dress up to mean the opposite.
They assume we all agree on the premise... ‘rights’ as they see it is their ability to conduct massive fraud and nationalize what should be up to the States.
Their view of ‘rights’ is what resulted in an unpopular, weak, demented, corrupt piece of filth sitting in the Oval Office. No thank you.
Oh don’t worry. They will have universal mail in ‘voting,’ — that’s what the super-dangerous “Upsilon variant” is for. Look for it in around 6 months.
The Democrats know their only chance to avoid an absolutely crushing defeat is via absolutely massive election fraud. The only way to force that on all but the bluest of states is via ramming some unconstitutional legislation through the federal government and then trying to bluff their way through the courts.
I think you got their number but it looks like Sinema wont go for it so there we are.
They’re trying though and pushing.
I read yesterday that BBB is all but dead, so they are pivoting to this thinking it is a sure-win.
“Voting reform” simply means making permanent Dem not theft and fraud.
Republican legislatures had better realize this is THE end game and they have no choice but to win. They won’t.
If the shoe was on the other foot, the Dems would have a friendly judge with an injunction already lined up.
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