Political Quotes

“in June, our Democratic colleagues voted on their first and initial efforts to nationalize our State-run and local-run election system. That bill--this legislation, this effort-- had been years in the making. You know, in some ways, it is interesting to think about because back when our country was founded, there was a big debate on whether we should have a national government or whether we should have a Federal system. And, of course, we opted for a Federal system where the States retained their sovereignty within their authority, and all powers not delegated to the Federal Government were retained by the States and the people. That is the very definition of a Federal system. So our colleagues on the Democratic side of the aisle have sort of renewed that debate again, trying to upend our Federal system of governance in favor of a national government, basically a command and control run out of Washington, DC. When it comes to the takeover of our elections or to try to nationalize our elections, the initial proposal surfaced as a messaging bill in 2019 but over the years has undergone a number of makeovers. Each time, our colleagues have tried to sell this radical change in the way that our elections are run by different appeals. They have talked about, well, this is important for election security. Remember the 2016 election, obviously--big concerns about Russian misinformation campaigns and cyber attacks, and election security was obviously at top of mind.…”