just keep an eye on the Republicans – they only seem able to catch themselves anytime they’ve tried this before …
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It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. They talk about how everyone votes illegally, so people think it’s easy to get away with.
All gop narratives are dog whistles for the old and stupid.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Republicans are pushing legislation to crack down on voting by noncitizens, which happens rarely and is already illegal in federal elections, in a move that reinforces former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to delegitimize the 2024 results if he loses.
It also underscores Republicans’ embrace of a groundless narrative — one that echoes the racist “great replacement” conspiracy theory — that Democrats are intentionally allowing migrants to stream into the United States illegally in order to dilute the voting power of American citizens and lock in electoral victories for themselves.
“They don’t ever bring any evidence of actual fraudulent efforts being made by non-U.S. citizens to vote in federal elections,” said Representative Joseph D. Morelle of New York, the top Democrat on the Administration Committee.
Democrats contend that requiring voters to register in person and produce a birth certificate or passport — which many Americans, particularly teenagers or younger adults, do not have readily available — simply makes it harder for citizens to vote.
Nearly 40 percent of the adult voting population did not cast a ballot in the last presidential election, and Mr. Morelle argued that further roadblocks would only make it more difficult for Americans to participate.
“This is largely being done, along with other lines of disinformation, to prep the United States for the argument that an election was stolen by people who apparently believe the candidate they support is likely to lose,” Mr. Becker said.
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That’s why I always vote against my Rep by mail from his mom’s address and have her seal the envelope with a big kiss of full-on old lady lipstick. Challenge that ballot, Brotankhamen. I’ll show you my ID and the bed where I filled it out.
The Republicans are doing what they have to do, because the weak Democrats aren't willing to stand up to imaginary people!