Cheney Backs Voter Suppression Bills Based On Trumpâs Big Lie Photo from Liz Cheney official Facebook
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has been an outspoken critic of Donald Trump and her fellow Republican lawmakers who have lied about voter fraud in the 2020 election â so vocal, in fact, that she lost her position in House GOP leadership over it.
Yet in an interview with Axios that aired on Sunday, Cheney said she supports the voter suppression legislation Republicans have pushed across the country in 2021, even as the same lies of fraud are being used to justify those bills.
In the interview with Axios Jonathan Swan, Cheney denied that the hundreds of voter suppression bills â some of which have already become law â were based on Trump s voter fraud lies.
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May 24, 2021
A House committee debate in Washington over the effect of voter ID and other laws on voting access echoed debate in Arizona, where state lawmakers are considering bills to stiffen voting requirements. (Photo courtesy of Maricopa County Elections Department)
WASHINGTON – They came with studies, they came with polls, they came with statistics. And after more than two hours of a congressional hearing Monday, they walked away no closer to agreeing on how voting restrictions affect ballot access.
Democratic and Republican members of the House Administration Committee stuck largely to their talking points during a hearing on the effect that voter ID laws, proof-of-citizenship requirements and lack of language assistance have on elections.
A Florida Republican on Election Integrity and Trumpâs Fraud Claims
Byron Donalds, a newly elected congressman, says Republicans are trying to secure elections, not suppress votes. And he disputes Donald Trumpâs influence on trust.
Representative Byron Donalds, a Republican, was elected from Florida’s 19th Congressional District in 2020.Credit.Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times
May 22, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, Republicans have pushed sweeping changes to voting laws across the country, using false claims of voter fraud as their justification. Even in Florida, a state Donald J. Trump won easily, Republicans enacted a more targeted overhaul of elections law in lock step with Mr. Trumpâs allegations. Several voting rights groups have sued the state, claiming that the new measures disenfranchise voters in the name of appeasing the former president.
A Florida Republican on Election Integrity and Trumpâs Fraud Claims
Byron Donalds, a newly elected congressman, says Republicans are trying to secure elections, not suppress votes. And he disputes Donald Trumpâs influence on trust.
Representative Byron Donalds, a Republican, was elected from Florida’s 19th Congressional District in 2020.Credit.Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times
May 22, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, Republicans have pushed sweeping changes to voting laws across the country, using false claims of voter fraud as their justification. Even in Florida, a state Donald J. Trump won easily, Republicans enacted a more targeted overhaul of elections law in lock step with Mr. Trumpâs allegations. Several voting rights groups have sued the state, claiming that the new measures disenfranchise voters in the name of appeasing the former president.
Just How Strict Will Texas Republicansâ Voting Bill Be?
Republicans in the state recently softened the bill to remove measures banning drive-through voting and 24-hour voting. But one key state senator wants to add them back.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Harris County introduced a drive-through voting option, which more than 127,000 voters used in the general election.Credit.Go Nakamura for The New York Times
May 17, 2021Updated 3:19 p.m. ET
AUSTIN, Texas â As Texas Republicans this week resume their push to pass a major voting bill with an array of voting restrictions, much of the suspense centers not on whether the legislation will pass the G.O.P.-controlled Legislature, but on what measures it will include when it does.