John Cornyn: “considering the way our Democratic friends talk about the state of voting rights in America, it is easy to see why some…”

“considering the way our Democratic friends talk about the state of voting rights in America, it is easy to see why some people have expressed concerns because if you took them at face value, you might be very worried about the state of voting rights in our country, but there is more to the story than that, which I will hope to explain here in the next few minutes. For example, when it comes to the alarmism about voting rights, look no further than the Democratic majority whip, Senator Durbin from Illinois, who said there is an ``insidious effort to suppress the rights of voters of color.'' Senator Schumer, the majority leader, Senator from New York, has said the right to vote is ``under attack in ways we have not seen in generations.'' President Biden himself has said there is a ``21st century Jim Crow assault'' on the right to vote. If you were to take these at face value and accept them, obviously, you would be very concerned about the state of voting rights. But there is more to the story, as I said. If you just listen to these statements, you would think that the States--the 50 States--had just imposed literacy tests on voting. You would think the disgusting and subjective determinations of ``good moral character'' that existed before the civil rights movement had somehow sprung back to life. You might even wonder if the Supreme Court of the United States has struck down the Voting Rights Act itself. (Mr.…”