David Thomas: “I personally experienced that in a contested election in the Indiana 8th, because the votes in the Indiana 8th were…”

“I personally experienced that in a contested election in the Indiana 8th, because the votes in the Indiana 8th were counted not by any State. I participated in a contested election contest in which the Democrats set the rules. Those rules did not exist in any State. They were made up. And then when, in following those rules they made up, Democrats were not going to win, they quit counting. So I guess in politics, for some people all that matters is getting the most votes. But with this new majority, it is going to be determined by legal votes. There has been some argument that we need to do some campaign finance reform. I will tell my colleagues, the vote tonight is the first vote on campaign finance reform, because I think fundamentally we must start with fundamental reform. Far more important than the dollars spent in campaigns is who legally gets to vote; and, in this system, only citizens are supposed to legally vote. Let us start by enforcing that fact, and then we will look at other campaign changes. Tonight, a vote for this resolution is a vote to uphold the law. Democracy works when it operates under the law.”