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On the recordApril 21, 2021
it is another day and another manufactured crisis. Yesterday, I came down to the floor to talk about the supposed crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court that requires us to immediately add four additional Democrat-chosen Justices. Today, I want to talk about another manufactured crisis, and that is the supposed election crisis that requires us to pass H.R. 1, a Democrat piece of legislation designed to increase Democrats' chances of maintaining their current tenuous hold on power. H.R. 1 is not new legislation. Democrats introduced a nearly identical version of this bill in the last Congress as well. Back then, we were told that we needed this bill to address profound electoral problems in our democracy--in other words, Democrats didn't like the results of the 2016 elections. Then, of course, last year, we had an election with record voter turnout--the highest voter turnout since 1900--an election that gave Democrats the Presidency and paper-thin majorities in Congress, and the story changed. Now we are told that we need to pass H.R. 1 and federalize elections because legislatures around the country are passing ``voter suppression'' laws. The State of Georgia recently passed an election reform measure--a law that keeps Georgia squarely in the mainstream when it comes to State election laws.…
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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