BREAKING: Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune crushes Trump's fascist dreams by rejecting his shocking call to "nationalize" voting in America and for his party to "take over" elections in fifteen states.
This plan hit a brick wall FAST...
“I’m supportive of only citizens voting and showing ID at polling places. I think that makes sense. … But I’m not in favor of federalizing elections, no. I think that’s a constitutional issue,” Thune said to reporters.
“I’m a big believer in decentralized and distributed power," he continued. "And I think it’s harder to hack 50 election systems than it is to hack one. In my view, at least, that’s always a system that has worked pretty well."
The senator's remarks came after Trump told disgraced former Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino that Republicans should seize control of the American election apparatus.
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” Trump told Bongino on his podcast. “We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many... Fifteen places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”
Of course, such a takeover would have nothing to do with ensuring election integrity and everything to do with undermining our democratic processes. Trump continues to spread the lie that the 2020 election was stolen and his FBI's recent raid on the Fulton County election hub likely indicates that he's trying to manufacture evidence for his conspiracy theories as a pretext to suppress the vote during the midterms.
This new call for taking over our elections comes as Republicans are working to pass the Orwellianly titled "SAVE Act" which would force voters to present documentation at polling places — a move that's designed solely to make it harder to vote and thus reduce turnout. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has slammed the bill as "nothing more than Jim Crow 2.0."
It can be difficult to keep track of all of Trump's crimes, scandals, and power grabs but it is absolutely paramount that we stay laser-focused on his attacks on our democratic processes. If we lose our elections, we lose everything.
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