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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell Stalls Trump's Election Overhaul Bill as Republicans Fume
https://newrepublic.com/post/206864/mcconnell-trump-election-overhaul-bill-save-america-actMitch McConnell is blocking the SAVE America Act, which would make it harder for millions of Americans to vote.
McConnell, who leads the Senate Rules Committee, is refusing to schedule a vote on the legislation, thus preventing it from moving forward. The bill would create barriers for voting, requiring specific forms of ID in order for Americans to exercise their constitutional right.
Tim Burchett thinks he's lost it...
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McConnell Stalls Trump's Election Overhaul Bill as Republicans Fume (Original Post)
ihaveaquestion
7 hrs ago
OP
This may be your last chance to appeal to the gods for leniency in the afterlife Mitch.
chicoescuela
7 hrs ago
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SheltieLover
(78,962 posts)1. Maybe he had a NDE in the hospital?
Jersey Devil
(10,804 posts)2. Any port in a storm
This guy is laughable, saying it's not McConnell but his staffers.
chicoescuela
(2,883 posts)3. This may be your last chance to appeal to the gods for leniency in the afterlife Mitch.
Go get em killer
haele
(15,247 posts)4. He have a stroke like Fetterman?
Or maybe he's been possessed.
Or maybe someone in his wife's international shipping family got his ear and told him that Trump, Voight, and Miller are hurting the money spigot, so maybe it's time to toss the Project 2025/Trump version play book and start doing what's good for business.
ihaveaquestion
(4,559 posts)5. Probably... Repukes are the most likely to loose voters to this.
Their people are the poorest (and/or the stupidest) and are less likely to have a passport or to be able to get together the required paperwork to get one.
Demixs
(5 posts)6. they don't have the votes regardless of McConnell
They don't have the votes for the nuclear option.
MagickMuffin
(18,300 posts)7. Perhaps Mitch IS helping with the SAVE America ACT
By not giving you usurpers a platform to take away our protected rights to vote.