{"id":42897,"date":"2021-08-13T11:45:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T15:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=42897"},"modified":"2021-08-13T11:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T15:45:20","slug":"why-were-they-trying-to-pass-this-in-the-dead-of-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=42897","title":{"rendered":"Why Were They Trying To Pass This In The Dead Of Night?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday The Daily Wire<\/a> posted an article about a vote in the Senate Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blocked an attempt by Senate Democrats to push through a federal election overhaul bill early Wednesday morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) brought the For The People Act, a bill critics say amounts to a federal takeover of elections, to the floor around 3:30 a.m. after the Senate had concluded 15 hours of amendment votes on a $3.5 trillion budget resolution. In the dead of night, Schumer sought to pass the federal overhaul of elections by unanimous consent, according to the Houston Chronicle<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Only one objection by a senator was required to stop the process. In a roughly 15-minute back-and-forth, Cruz tanked Schumer\u2019s attempt to force the election bill through the Senate. Cruz blasted the bill in remarks on the Senate floor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This bill would constitute a federal government takeover of elections. It would constitute a massive power grab by Democrats. It would disenfranchise millions of Americans and it would do precisely the opposite of its nominal title, \u2018For The People.\u2019 It is, instead, for the politicians because it entrenches politicians and ensures that the people cannot vote them out of office. It would strike down virtually every reasonable voter integrity law in the country, including voter I.D. laws supported by the overwhelming majority of this country, including prohibitions on ballot harvesting, again widely supported by people in this country. It would mandate that felons be allowed to vote, and it would automatically register millions of illegal aliens to vote. It would profoundly undermine democracy in this country, and for that reason I object.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Schumer\u2019s failure to force the For The People Act through the Senate so far amounts to a failure for Texas Democrats who spent weeks pushing for the legislation, as well. On returning to Texas this week, state Rep. James Talarico touted his work in D.C. and said he is \u201cconfident\u201d that the Texas Democrats\u2019 lobbying would force Congress to pass the federal election bill.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m home! Our quorum break shined a national spotlight on the TX voter suppression bill and pushed Congress closer to passing a federal voting rights act to override it. I\u2019m confident they will,\u201d Talarico said<\/a> on Twitter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just for the record, our Founding Fathers purposely put election law in the hands of the individual states. The federalization of our elections is unconstitutional. Unfortunately the Democrats seem to have no problem shredding the Constitution. When President Biden extended the eviction moratorium, he admitted that it was probably unconstitutional for him to do that, but he figured it would take a while for the courts to sort that out. If the Democrats can pass the For The People Act, the damage may be done before anyone rules that it is unconstitutional. There is a reason it was brought up at 3:30 in the morning–the Democrats thought they could sneak it through before anyone noticed.<\/p>\n

It has been said that eternal<\/b> vigilance<\/b> is the price of liberty. What happened Wednesday night is an example of that. Thank God for Ted Cruz.<\/p>\n

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