{"id":54098,"date":"2024-03-13T13:09:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T17:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=54098"},"modified":"2024-03-13T13:09:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T17:09:56","slug":"remember-when-patriots-ran-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=54098","title":{"rendered":"Remember When Patriots Ran Congress?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, The Federalist<\/a> posted an article about a recent vote taken in the Senate.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

None of Democrats\u2019 witnesses in a congressional hearing Tuesday could say resolutely that they believe only citizens should be able to vote in a federal election.<\/p>\n

During a\u00a0Senate Judiciary Hearing<\/a>\u00a0on the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee asked the witnesses to provide a basic \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno\u201d answer to a series of questions about non-citizens voting.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDo you believe that only citizens of the United States should be able to vote in federal elections?\u201d Lee asked each of the witnesses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have a position about non-citizens voting in federal elections, we believe that\u2019s what the current laws are, and so we\u2019re certainly fighting for everyone who is eligible under current law to vote,\u201d Executive Director of The Lawyers\u2019 Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Damon T. Hewitt said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a decision of the state law but I want to emphasize \u2013\u201d President of Southwest Voter Registration Education Project Lydia Camarillo said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a decision of state law as to who should vote in federal elections?\u201d Lee interjected.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cStates decide who gets to vote in various elections, and in federal elections I believe that we should be encouraging people to naturalize and then vote,\u201d Camarillo said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOkay but you\u2019re saying that the federal government should have no say in who votes in a federal election?\u201d Lee pressed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have a position on that,\u201d Camarillo responded.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

The\u00a0John Lewis Voting Rights Act<\/a>\u00a0seeks to federalize all elections by stripping states and local jurisdictions from making changes to their elections without approval from federal bureaucrats. If the legislation is passed, the U.S. Justice Department could essentially take over an election if its left-wing allies claim minority voters are being harmed by something as simple as requiring an ID or proving citizenship to vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A federal judge recently ruled Arizona\u2019s law requiring individuals to prove U.S.\u00a0citizenship<\/a>\u00a0in order to vote in a statewide election is not discriminatory and could proceed after leftists lodged a series of suits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cArizona\u2019s interests in preventing non-citizens from voting and promoting public confidence in Arizona\u2019s elections outweighs the limited burden voters might encounter when required to provide\u201d proof of citizenship, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton\u00a0ruled<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The potential for mischief under the John Lewis Voting Rights Act is endless. Just for the record, there is no reason for non-citizens to vote in American elections–they have no skin in the game. If things go bad in America, they can simply go home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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