{"id":1205436,"date":"2022-01-10T16:20:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1205436"},"modified":"2022-01-10T16:20:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:20:32","slug":"mcconnell-hammers-dems-for-using-the-lefts-big-lie-to-push-election-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-hammers-dems-for-using-the-lefts-big-lie-to-push-election-overhaul\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell Hammers Dems For Using \u2018The Left\u2019s Big Lie\u2019 To Push Election Overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmcconnell-hammers-dems-for-using-the-lefts-big-lie-to-push-election-overhaul%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1205436&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Senate Democrats over their push to break the filibuster in order to pass a pair of election overhaul bills currently awaiting votes.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000017e-41ed-d8d6-a3fe-e3edab430000&amp;nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=00000152-f0f3-d7cd-a957-f2f32d810000&amp;nlid=630318\">memo<\/a> to Capitol Hill reporters published by his office Sunday morning, McConnell lambasted the Democrats\u2019 efforts to use crisis rhetoric to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/schumer-vows-vote-on-changing-senate-rules-if-gop-continues-to-block-efforts\">ram the bills through the Senate<\/a>. \u201cThis week, Democrats will make another run at their radical takeover \u2014 of the Senate, of elections, and of America,\u201d the memo said. \u201cThey will try to use fake hysteria to break the Senate and silence millions of Americans\u2019 voices so they can take over elections and ram through their radical agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeader McConnell and Senate Republicans have repeatedly stood up to the left and their Big Lie that there is some evil anti-voting conspiracy sweeping America. This week you\u2019ll see even more from us,\u201d the Minority Leader\u2019s office promised.<\/p>\n<p>The memo included several statements McConnell made over the course of last week in order to illustrate his point. They included an excerpt from a press conference, where McConnell accused Democrats of trying to \u201cbreak the Senate\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt appears as if the majority leader is hellbent to try to break the Senate. His argument is that somehow<\/em>&nbsp;<em>state legislatures across the country are busily at work trying to make it more difficult for people to vote.<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Of course that\u2019s not happening anywhere in America,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>McConnell argued that 94 percent of Americans believe it\u2019s easy to vote and there was record turnout in<\/em>&nbsp;<em>the 2020 presidential election, the biggest since 1900. He also noted that \u201cit\u2019s already against the law to<\/em>&nbsp;<em>prevent people from voting based on race\u201d and \u201cthe Voting Rights Act is still intact.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo it\u2019s appropriate to ask the question, \u2018What\u2019s going on here?\u2019\u201d he mused. \u201cI think this this is an excuse<\/em>&nbsp;<em>to try to break the Senate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The memo also included excerpts from McConnell\u2019s floor remarks, where he slammed \u201cthe left\u2019s Big Lie\u201d that election reforms in Republican States are threats to American democracy:<\/p>\n<p><em>The political left keeps pitching their Big Lie that mainstream state voting laws are somehow \u201cJim Crow<\/em>&nbsp;<em>2.0\u2033 if the Governor who signs the bill happens to be a Republican. The left\u2019s Big Lie insults the <\/em><em>intelligence of the American people. All the facts disprove it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In one of the states that triggered this meltdown, the new proposals mandated more days of early <\/em><em>voting than many Democrat-run states provide. Our democracy is not in crisis. Repeating this rhetoric<\/em>&nbsp;<em>doesn\u2019t make it factual. The 2020 election saw the highest turnout in more than 100 years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Only 33% of American adults think it\u2019s too hard for eligible voters to vote. A larger share actually think<\/em>&nbsp;<em>current rules aren\u2019t strict enough.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This is fake hysteria, ginned up by partisans, and our citizens know it. Last November, even in New York,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>the state\u2019s overwhelmingly Democratic voters rejected several left-wing ballot measures to change<\/em>&nbsp;<em>voting laws. This Big Lie \u2014 that democracy is dying because Democrats sometimes lose elections \u2014 is a<\/em>&nbsp;<em>completely astro-turfed sense of crisis. The emperor has no clothes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>McConnell also slammed leading Democrats for their hypocrisy on breaking the filibuster when it suits them, and said Democrats could not be trusted to secure the nation\u2019s elections when they could not even secure the filibuster:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe current Senate Democratic Leader once said that nuking filibuster rules would be a \u2018doomsday for<\/em>&nbsp;<em>democracy.\u2019 Just a few years ago, more than 30 Senate Democrats joined a bipartisan letter supporting<\/em>&nbsp;<em>the legislative filibuster. President Biden defended the principle in long, passionate speeches throughout<\/em>&nbsp;<em>his career. Just last year, as President, he repeated that destroying the filibuster would, \u2018throw the entire<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Congress into chaos.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere is no partial or limited nuclear option on the table. As the senior Senator for West Virginia put it<\/em>&nbsp;<em>[last week], whenever you start talking about carving things out, you end up eating the entire turkey.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo party that would trash the Senate\u2019s legislative traditions can be trusted to seize control over election<\/em>&nbsp;<em>laws across America. Nobody who is this desperate to take over our democracy on a one-party basis can<\/em>&nbsp;<em>be allowed to do it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>McConnell previously condemned Democratic leaders Thursday for trying to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mcconnell-democrats-are-trying-to-exploit-january-6-to-advance-partisan-policy-goals\">exploit<\/a>\u201d the anniversary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nancy-pelosis-january-6-grief-session-brings-broadway-tunes-equity-and-a-rewrite-of-americas-ideals\">January 6<\/a> Capitol riot in order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/one-of-the-darkest-days-democrats-use-january-6-to-fundraise-push-progressive-agenda\">push for election reform<\/a> and other key items of the Progressive agenda. \u201c[It] has been stunning to see some Washington Democrats try to exploit this anniversary to advance partisan policy goals that long predated this event,\u201d McConnell said.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Senate Democrats over their push to break the filibuster in order to pass a pair of election overhaul bills currently awaiting votes. 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