A right and proper loss
The Democratic Party’s attempt to usurp the Constitution and federalize all elections – as well as to make cheating more common than it is already, saw a well-deserved and (we hope) final demise in the Senate last week. The bill, S-1, nee HR-1, was called the “For the People Act,” but it was little more than a power grab by Democrats.
The bill failed to gain “cloture” in the Senate, by not reaching the 60-vote margin needed. It failed 50-50 in the divided house much to the chagrin of so-called “progressives,” who want to see the Senate turned into another House of Representatives.
The only thing we agree with supporters of this bill on is the nation faces an existential threat. They believe because the bill failed, we believe the failure stalled that threat. What better time to happen then as we celebrate July 4th.
The bill had the following provisions:
- Federalized control over congressional elections;
- Declared that standard state and local maintenance of elections systems, such as purging ineligible voters from voter rolls, limiting vote-by-mail, requiring voter ID, and establishing rules against felons voting, would erode the right to vote;
- Required all challenges to the law to be filed in the federal courts in Washington, DC, dominated by judges appointed by Democrat presidents;
- Established online and automatic voter registration;
- Protected illegal immigrants from prosecution if they vote;
- Established same-day voter registration;
- Registered minors to vote;
- Mandated early voting;
- Established nationwide vote-by-mail without a voter ID; and
- Required the doxing of contributors to political action committees (PACs).
It is worth noting the FTPA was questionable as far as passing Constitutional muster. The Founders had a reason to keep election laws and policy within the states. And that is specifically stated in the document, but these days, with grammar and syntax ignored by some justices, not to mention the plain meaning of the text, we are glad it was not left to the courts.
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas probably put it best in his speech following, calling it the Corrupt Politicians Act, and calling out supporters for wanting to create not a path to legally cheat in elections. We have enough evidence to see that 2020 was a year that saw blatant cheating. Even Time Magazine’s Molly Ball heralded the conspiracy of business and political leaders to “fortify” the election. Such a “fortification” would be made permanent. Audits are going on now in several states, with more to follow. We will find out what those “fortifications” were.
Those now angered over the loss are now saying Democracy is in danger. They show nothing except their ignorance on how the Republic was set up, and what safeguards were put in place to make sure there was no tyranny of the majority. We would recommend the following, but expect these people are not interested in learning anything: https://ammo.com/articles/constitutional-republic-vs-pure-democracy-how-us-election-process-has-changed.
The Republic dodged a bullet, but let us not think the battle done. There are forces at work looking to overthrow our institutions and customs, calling them racist. Yet, when asked to show how, little if anything is shown as evidence. We guess it is in the ether somewhere.
Evil forces lost this battle. They will come back doubly hard.