Gotta love it when something surprises us. The Wall Street Journal is a bit angry with Trump over this, and *that* is a surprise. They’re conservative, after all. But Trump is the only one to support this act. *No one* else wants it. No one. It’s ridiculously biased (we could say prejudiced) and is completely unnecessary. There are safeguards all over the place. With appreciation for Raw Story:
The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board tore into President Donald Trump on Friday over his stubborn fixation on passing the SAVE America Act, a controversial piece of legislation that would put new restrictions on the right to vote and has hit dead ends every time it is considered in the Senate. This comes after the president delivered a rambling primetime speech the day before, alleging foreign election interference rigged the 2020 presidential election, despite none of the documents he declassified providing evidence for this.
Good grief. Can you say obsessed? This is ridiculous. That Act is not going to pass. Ever. No one likes it. No one wants it. Except Trump. He may think this thing will help at midterms. Yea no. Do you hear those soft, sneaky footsteps? That’s Republicans leaving Trump, and it took them far too long to do so. The ones that are still in Trump’s orbit ought to take a good, hard look at things, because Trump is a boat anchor dragging them down. If they don’t, well, not our problem.
“Since Mr. Trump declassified the memo, we can quote the part he didn’t,” wrote the board. Specifically, the memo says, “Vote tabulation systems would be difficult to manipulate on a wide enough scale to compromise election results. The systems in each voting location are not connected to the Internet or to each other, and many methods for exploiting them rely on physical proximity.” And even if some results were compromised, “audits and paper trails very likely would uncover such an effort.” Furthermore, the board pointed out that the legislation Trump is pushing goes well beyond what the public is comfortable with in restricting access to the ballot box.
Bingo! The current ideals to register to vote are more than enough. No need to add restrictions. Trump seems to be trying to find a way to keep the “illegals” from voting. They already don’t vote because they don’t have the documentation to do so. It’s a moot point. But the whole attitude towards “illegals” from the Trump administration is revolting. They see them as numbers, not people. So grabbing a bunch of folks if they have the right “look” is just numbers in a daily quota, set by Mr, Repulsive himself, Stephen Miller. Lawdy, that man is detestable.
“The public likes voter ID, with a poll last year finding 83% of adults, and 71% of Democrats, favor it,” the board wrote. However, Trump’s SAVE America Act requires such rigorous documentation that “most driver’s licenses [would be] insufficient to register to vote, and that’s to say nothing of Mr. Trump’s push to override laws in many GOP states — Florida, Georgia, most of the Midwest — that offer mail ballots for convenience.”
The whole approach of undermining public trust in elections, wrote the board, “is a political backfire for the GOP,” as Trump’s “fraud outbursts” already cost them two Senate seats in Georgia in 2020.
Ha. I remember this because there was a whole lot of celebrating done when Ossoff and Warnock won. We still have them, but a battle is coming because Ossoff is up for reelection. *He* did one of the things I’ve been screaming about since last September. He got started at a time I can’t specifically recall, but it was Sept-Oct-ish of last year, not now.
It’s obvious to everyone except Trump that the SAVE Act is a no-go. He’s been harping on it for months, and it hasn’t passed the Senate. As a matter of fact, its failed multiple times. At this point, it could go to the floor for one minute, then everyone votes, and it fails again. But they “tried”. Then the Republicans can move on to more important work, like winning their midterm, if they are up for their seat. The blue wave keeps building, and they had best find their lifeboat right quick.
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