Lindsey Graham: Dem Elex Reform Bill As 'Biggest Power Grab' In US History
Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., arrives for the Senate Judiciary Committee markup on August 1, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
By Fran Beyer | Sunday, 20 June 2021 12:25 PM
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday blasted a Democratic-backed election reform bill as “the biggest power grab in the history of the country.”
In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Graham said he won’t support a compromise on the “For the People Act” offered by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., because it doesn’t address redistricting.
"In my view, S.R. 1 is the biggest power grab in the history of the country,” he said. “It mandates ballot harvesting, no voter ID. It does away with the states being able to redistrict when you have population shifts. It's just a bad idea, and it's a problem that most Republicans are not going to sign — they’re trying to fix a problem most Republicans have a different view of.”
He insisted “states are in charge of voting in America.”
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