Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is accusing Republicans of attempting to “prevent the other side from voting” and vowed the Senate will pass the “For the People Act,” which would largely federalize future U.S. elections.
“Across the country, the Republicans seem to believe that the best strategy for winning elections is to try to prevent the other side from voting,” Schumer claimed on Thursday, describing GOP voter integrity measures as attempts of “voter suppression.”
“That’s not democracy. The Senate will pass the #ForThePeople Act to fight this voter suppression and protect democracy for all,” he vowed:
Across the country, the Republicans seem to believe that the best strategy for winning elections is to try to prevent the other side from voting.
That’s not democracy.
The Senate will pass the #ForThePeople Act to fight this voter suppression and protect democracy for all.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 25, 2021
Schumer made similar claims during Wednesday’s Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing on S. 1, or the “For the People Act,” describing GOP election integrity efforts as “one of the greatest threats we have to modern democracy in America.”
“Some of these voter suppression laws in Georgia and other Republican states smack of Jim Crow rearing its ugly head once again,” Schumer said. “It is 160 years since the 13, 14, and 15th amendments abolished slavery, and Jim Crow stills seems to be with us.”
President Biden echoed the same sentiments during his first press conference on Thursday, describing GOP election integrity efforts as “un-American” and “sick” and adding that they make “Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.”
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Heritage Action addressed the false claims Schumer made during Wednesday’s regarding Georgia’s election integrity efforts, specifically:
Earlier today, @SenSchumer made several false comments about SB 202 going through the Georgia Legislature.
We're more than happy to #FactCheck the Senator and help him understand why SB 202 makes it easier to vote but harder to cheat.
See the CORRECT reforms below👇 #GAPol pic.twitter.com/qFI5JQGHxq
— Heritage Action (@Heritage_Action) March 24, 2021
It's easy to see – @SenSchumer is WRONG!
Conservatives aren't afraid of democracy. We love it!
That's why we think it should be easy to vote but hard to cheat.
— Heritage Action (@Heritage_Action) March 24, 2021
Now @SenSchumer, can you explain why you are trying to:
1️⃣ Turn the FEC into a partisan organization
2️⃣ Use Public money to fund political campaigns
3️⃣ Get rid of voter ID laws
4️⃣ Automatically add illegal immigrants to vote rollsS.1 is the #CorruptPoliticiansAct#GAPOL
— Heritage Action (@Heritage_Action) March 24, 2021
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