A roadmap for Republicans to stop the ‘Right to Cheat’ bill and save our democracy
President Biden’s approval rate is in a freefall, plunging to an all-time low of 33%, and Democrats are on the precipice of losing both the House and Senate. That’s why Democrats tried to pass the “Freedom to Vote” Act – which should be called the “Right to Cheat” Act – to eliminate our election rules. Luckily, the left’s plan was foiled; but just because they failed once, doesn’t mean they won’t try again.
In fact, after Democrat Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema joined all Senate Republicans in filibustering the bill, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was quick to say that the bill’s failure “will not deter Senate Democrats from continuing our fight against voter suppression, dark money and partisan gerrymandering;” how ironic, since they perpetrate all of it exponentially.
Here’s what’s really going on: the left’s plan for winning elections going forward is to rig the rules and undermine our republic. Democrats have pinned their reelection hopes on trashing Americans’ photo ID safeguards, allowing illegal aliens and non-citizens to vote in our elections, and a host of other rules to tip future elections in their favor. They hypocritically pursue their self-aggrandizing agenda – even though voter ID enjoys the overwhelming support of 81% of voters, according to an Honest Elections Project poll. In fact, voter integrity measures are supported by a bipartisan majority of Americans, including the addition of effective protections for mail-in ballots, and banning vote trafficking. Left-wing operatives and politicians have returned to their vile tactic of labeling all who stand in their way as “racist.” But instead of bowing before the Democrat false idol of identity politics, Republicans and Independents must be strong and courageous in defending reasonable measures to eliminate election fraud. They must not be intimidated into acquiescing to Democrat malfeasance that forever will undermine the integrity of our elections. Republicans must proclaim – loudly – what we stand for: Make it easy to vote, and hard to cheat.
An overwhelming 85% of voters agree that states should be required to clean voter rolls by removing from voter registration lists the names of deceased people or people who have moved. The Right to Cheat Act would make this basic voting integrity measure more difficult for states. Incidences of voting fraud are well-documented, but the frequency and extent of undetected fraudulent voting is unknown. There’s no reason whatsoever to stand in the way of removing the deceased from voting roles – other than to make it easier to cheat.