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'That's a Big Stretch': GOP Rep Feuds with CNN Anchor Over Election Laws
Townhall.com ^ | March 29, 2021 | Cortney O'Brien

Posted on 03/29/2021 11:54:13 AM PDT by Kaslin


Source: Screenshot via CNN

Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) started his interview with CNN's Pamela Brown by interrupting her first question to challenge CNN's narrative on COVID restrictions.

"I can tell you very quickly, Disney World in Florida has been open for months, with no major breakouts...our statistics are good," Waltz said from Orlando. "Our schools have been open since last August. So we all want to follow the data, but I would suggest a lot of these lockdown states are not doing that."

He noted that plenty of Californians have been visiting Florida because Disneyland remains closed.

Then the conversation shifted to elections and the Democrats' HR 1 bill that would ban ballot integrity measures like voter ID.

Mike Waltz talks Voter Integrity, HR 1 and Boycotting 2022 Olympics in Beijing

Brown pressed her guest if President Biden won the election fairly and squarely. He acknowledged Biden is the president, but asked a question of his own.

"What I keep asking, if many Democrats keep saying the elections were just fine, then why do we have HR 1, the Democrats' No. 1 priority?" Waltz asked.

They want to make all states perform their elections the same with HR 1, he observed, and include things that "just don't make sense."

"Dropping the voting age to 16," Waltz noted. "Do we want teenagers voting? Banning any state from requiring ID? I have to present an ID to get cigarettes or beer."

"If everything's fine, why are the Democrats cramming this?" he asked again.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp recently passed SB 202, which, in part, requires identification for absentee ballots and limits the number of remote voting locations. Democrats are adamantly opposed to the legislation. But Waltz mused that Democrats are "fear mongering" in Georgia and calling voter laws racist so that they can justify getting rid of the filibuster and then cram through HR 1.

Brown stopped him and said that was "a big stretch." The governor said there was a "crisis of confidence based on the manufactured lie the election was stolen."

Waltz countered that the Georgia officials now pushing SB 202 were the same ones "lauded" by the media when they pushed back on Trump.

"There's a little bit of talking out of both sides of our mouth on this one," Waltz replied.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnn; covid19; elections; michaelwaltz

1 posted on 03/29/2021 11:54:13 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Any interaction with CNN is a wasted effort at best.


2 posted on 03/29/2021 11:55:15 AM PDT by brownsfan (Term limits! Without term limits, we are doomed.)
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To: Kaslin

How is HR 1 even constitutional? It states specifically that the state legislators decide how elections are done.


3 posted on 03/29/2021 12:00:11 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: Kaslin

Democrats are scum.


4 posted on 03/29/2021 12:02:06 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: rrrod

They’re certainly going to destroy this country


5 posted on 03/29/2021 12:03:53 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: rrrod

That is an understatement. Democrats are much worse than scum. In fact, there is no word in any language that is vile enough, that is derogatory enough, that is obscene enough to adequately describe a Democrat.


6 posted on 03/29/2021 12:06:28 PM PDT by sport
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To: brownsfan

All conservative office holders should refuse to appear on CNN.


7 posted on 03/29/2021 12:06:30 PM PDT by wrcase
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To: JoSixChip
How is HR 1 even constitutional? It states specifically that the state legislators decide how elections are done.

It shouldn't be.

9 posted on 03/29/2021 12:09:42 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Kaslin

Mr. Waltz is from Florida district 6 and is my congressman. He voted with Liz Cheney and the democrats last year when our President wanted to bring our troops home. Didn’t hear much of anything from him during all the impeachment frauds and didn’t hear from him on Jan. 6, 2021 so I’m not very impressed with him and probably won’t vote him if there is a strong primary candidate.


10 posted on 03/29/2021 12:14:12 PM PDT by Colo9250 (Name the rat that assassinated Ashli Babbitt now! )
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To: JoSixChip
How is HR 1 even constitutional? It states specifically that the state legislators decide how elections are done.

Where have you been since Nov 3rd?
In case you missed it the Legislative and Judicial branches have demonstrated they are not bound by a Constitution and neither is the current Executive branch.
11 posted on 03/29/2021 12:28:30 PM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: brownsfan
Any interaction with CNN is a wasted effort at best.

These Jackwagon's have sown the wind for quite some time. It's high time we make them reap the whirlwind.

12 posted on 03/29/2021 1:09:01 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: Kaslin

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13 posted on 03/29/2021 1:37:29 PM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: Kaslin

The first, last and only response to anyone thinking voter ID is ‘racist’, should be to ask them why they think blacks are too dumb to get IDs. Just keep asking that question over and over. Slam their racism right back at them.


14 posted on 03/29/2021 2:20:56 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Kaslin

Just look at how clenched she is


15 posted on 03/29/2021 2:33:03 PM PDT by smalltownslick ( )
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To: Kaslin

The DNC and all who support it are the greatest threat this country has ever seen.


16 posted on 03/29/2021 4:26:25 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: sport


17 posted on 03/29/2021 6:56:17 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Terror is a political weapon, and its purpose is to force capitulation. — Adolf Hitler,)
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