Who would think a brazenly partisan political power grab would strengthen the integrity of our democracy?
Well, actually, turns out not even the Democrats.
Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman said the quiet part out loud about S. 1: the “Corrupt Politicians Act” has nothing to do with preserving democracy, it is a cynical Democrat attempt to “maintain power.”
Democrat Jamaal Bowman admits S.1 legislation is a power grab.
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 22, 2021
“If we deliver [S.1], we maintain power in 2022. If we don’t...we risk losing power.” pic.twitter.com/rksOQKxS08
Threatening freedom of speech, eviscerating widely popular voter ID provisions, forcing ballot harvesting on the states, concentrating authority with partisan activists in Washington, and sending taxpayer money to politicians’ campaign accounts … Indeed, S. 1 has “rotten inner workings.”
Senator Mitch McConnell highlights the “rotten inner workings” of the Democrats' transparently partisan” S. 1 “power grab” pic.twitter.com/54Q9b6wC3n
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 22, 2021
The vote to proceed on this legislation deserved to fail. For the Democrats, the “Corrupt Politicians Act” has only ever been about one thing – their own power.
