Former Candidate Blurts The Ugly Truth About GOP Voter Suppression Screenshot from Ron Filipkowski's Twitter (@RonFilipkowski) Reprinted with permission from Alternet A former Senate Republican candidate on Tuesday copped to her political party's blatant push for voter suppression after the GOP lost control of the Senate in a pair of runoff elections in January 2021. On Tuesday, March 9. attorney and former Republican Ron Filipkowski took to Twitter with a controversial clip of Lauren Witzke, a former Senate candidate in the state of Delaware. The clip, which came from Witzke's recent appearance on the podcast ConservaTMZ, underscores Republican lawmakers' efforts to overhaul voting laws, not for the purpose of election integrity but rather for the sake of survival and winning.