Schumer sharply criticizes GOP on voting rights: 'Shame, shame, shame'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill


BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 03/24/21 11:40 AM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday sharply criticized new bills being offered by Republicans in dozens of states that would place limits on the ability to vote.

Schumer, testifying before the Senate Rules Committee on a sweeping elections reform bill, accused Republicans of trying to "disenfranchise" voters after losing the 2020 election.

"Shame on them. .... This is infuriating. I would like to ask my Republican colleagues: Why are you so afraid of democracy," Schumer said.

Schumer also spoke on the Senate floor about the election bills being proposed, accusing Republicans of embracing former President Trump's "big lie"—that the 2020 election was "rigged" and stolen from him.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/544701-schumer-sharply-criticizes-gop-on-voting-rights-shame-shame-shame

[soothsayer]

1. It IS infuriating. It's unconscionable. How are they not embarrassed?

It’s triggered the shame 🚨

[WhiteTara]

2. republicons have no shame

you can not embarrass them or shame them. They DO NOT CARE

[BComplex]

3. We have to do everything we can to get every single person registered to vote before 2022.

We have to turn the senate around completely. If we're going to save this country, we have to start now. It's so far out of hand.

I just started this thread a little while ago about the supreme court. That's the other thing we need to fix before they declare it's illegal for democrats to vote! We need to extend the court as well, because ultimately they're going to decide if these laws against voting rights are legal.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215263040