Re: Marjorie Taylor Greene "likes" the Mossad-did-it Theory

On Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 4:01:51 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 10:45:01 PM UTC-6, John Corbett wrote: 
> > On Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 9:18:19 PM UTC-5, ajohnstone wrote: 
> > > Election fraud found...oops, it was by operatives of the Republican Party 
> > > 
> > > https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/four-people-including-justice-of-the-peace-arrested-on-150-counts-of-voter-fraud/ar-BB1dZivx 
> > > 
> > > But the electoral system's safeguards appear to work 
> > The problem with that argument is we don't know how many people didn't get 
> > caught. 
> 
> So, you think a reasonable way to proceed forward is to create voting 
> "protections" to solve a problem that has not been identified? 
> 

My house has never been burglarized but that's no reason to leave my doors 
unlocked. I've never had a house fire but I carry homeowner's insurance. 
I've never faced a deadly attack but I carry a gun in case I do. The idea 
is to create safeguards before something bad happens, not after.

The prudent approach to voting regulations is to create a balance between 
electoral integrity and ballot access. As things stand in this country, it 
is ridiculously easy to vote. You register with your county board of 
elections, you show up on election day with the required ID, and you cast 
your ballot. If there is a reason you can't show up on election day, there 
are two options. You can request an absentee ballot or take advantage of 
early voting. Are any of those things difficult to do? Anybody who doesn't 
get their ballot cast in this country has no one to blame but themselves. 
I really don't want to hear about people being disenfranchised because 
they won't take the minimal steps required to get the ballot cast.
 
 
> A disturbingly high number of states with Republican-majority legislators 
> are creating restrictive election provisions in response to a false 
> narrative that widespread voter fraud is a genuine problem - a narrative 
> that began with Trump - adopted and believed by his supporters - and then 
> repeated by Republican congressmen/senators in a brazen political ploy to 
> endear Trump's supporters to them, unconcerned with whether the narrative 
> is either true or can be remotely supported. It is apparently enough to 
> simply parrot it because this "basket" of supporters are not particularly 
> analytical and facts are not their strong suit. 
> 

What is restrictive about the proposed voting regulations? These are 
common sense measures that should have been taken regardless of the 
outcome of the most recent election. I have no sympathy for anyone who 
doesn't get their ballot cast.