Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 17, 2021.
Republican laws passed in Georgia and Florida, along with a bill advancing in Texas, have so many new provisions that Democrats find troublesome both politically and legally that it is proving overwhelming to confront the measures one by one in court. Instead, the liberal push has become more focused on political outreach to ensure that progressive voters are sufficiently outraged about the new laws to apply pressure on senators and get out the vote next year.
Beyond lawsuits, Democrats are grappling with the long-term question of how to make crucial gains in GOP-led legislatures where state demographics, years of gerrymandering and the prospect of Republicans mapping themselves into another decade of control when redistricting takes place later this year have given conservatives a nearly unbreakable grip on power.
At the same time, Florida Democrats are already envisioning how they will use the new law as part of their campaigns in the midterm elections to paint Republicans as being opposed to Black and Hispanic people’s right to vote. “It is incumbent upon Congress to exercise its authority to make sure that we’re not going to have this kind of voter suppression,” he said.
“The state is going to need to basically provide a justification that outweighs any potential burden on the right to vote,” said Justin Riemer, the chief counsel for the RNC. “And the fact of the matter is, the Democrats will be unable to provide evidence that shows that these laws actually impair voting rights and make it harder to vote.”“They’re trying to have Congress solve the problem for them by actually imposing a new legal standard for bringing these claims,” Riemer said.
the GOP effort must be a good thing to have the demofarts in such a tizzy.
Put the comments back and use a conservative news source.
How can the President not have power over these laws to do something about them? Trump did exactly what he wanted to do!
Lies LIES LIES. DEMOCRAT PROPAGANDA. The laws are clarifying election integrity and responsibility. Making it EASIER to vote.
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