Dan Schnieders
Jefferson City
Dear Editor:
Joe Biden ranted recently in Atlanta about the voting rights legislation he so desperately wants passed. His vitriolic speech was filled with examples of Democrats on the wrong side of minority voting, but once again, he inaccurately portrays Republicans as the "bad guys."
Siting villains like "Bull" Connor, George Wallace and Jefferson Davis, all Democrats, makes you wonder about Biden's own messaging capability.
Voting is a cornerstone right of citizenship; a precious right fought for by many more men and women than the Biden-sited "Douglass, Tubman, King, Lewis, Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner." This president does these historical figures a huge disservice when he jokes about being "arrested" in the struggle for the vote; another bald-faced lie he can only wish was part of his resume, but isn't.
Shocker, the Freedom to Vote Act is not about voting at all; it's about power and Democrats' unending abuse of it. The November 2020 election brought out record numbers of voters of all races, so suggestions of voter suppression are laughable.
Softball interviews on MSM suggest it's about lines to vote and administrative obstacles for minorities. Baloney! Buried in the word salad are provisions for 6-to-1 matching funds for candidates receiving smaller donations (less than $200), which has Dems salivating over millions and millions to run their campaigns.
Republicans are insisting on Voter ID (one citizen, one vote, not citizen-wannabees, not illegals); reasonable voting periods (not 45 days like some states); secure voting (not where poll watchers are thrown out or blocked from viewing operations; secure ballots (no unsecured, unmonitored neighborhood drop boxes, blanket mailouts or voting rolls with deceased/moved voters).
Biden was even bold enough to point out the real intention of this legislation when he said, "It's about who gets to count the vote."
Federal engineering of just who counts the votes will "nail the coffin shut."
Supposedly because of COVID-19, November 2020 had all kinds of procedural changes that allowed for earlier, longer and less secure methods of voting than ever, most of which were mandated by executive fiat rather than legislatively approved as required by respective state constitutions.
Midterms are just nine months away and it will happen again. How much gamesmanship do you think is going on this very second to shape the election this fall? What "variant" will conveniently drop from the sky? "Paging Dr. Fauci."