On the recordJuly 20, 2021
Mr. President, it has been all political theater all the time lately as the Democrats attempt to manufacture a crisis that will allow them to pass their partisan Federal takeover of State election law. There was President Biden's overwrought speech in Philadelphia last week warning that election laws being passed in various States are ``the most dangerous threat to voting and the integrity of free and fair elections in our history.'' That is right, in our Nation's history. Apparently, post-Civil War voter suppression laws and poll taxes and other atrocities don't hold a candle to what is happening today in places like Georgia, where--the horror--only election officials will be able to hand out water to those in line at the polls. Then, of course, there were the Texas Democrats' antics as they flew to Washington via a private jet to shut down the Texas Legislature and prevent election legislation from being passed there, and the Senate Democrats' field hearing in Georgia yesterday to highlight the supposed horrors of Georgia's mainstream election law. In his speech last week, President Biden mentioned stopping the spread of disinformation, which is an ironic statement when the Democrats are engaging in one of the most massive campaigns of disinformation we have ever seen, because--and let's be very clear--the narrative the Democrats are peddling, which is that States are engaging in a massive campaign of voter suppression, is simply false.…





