Perhaps the worst person to lead the crusade against the John Lewis Voting Rights Act would be those members who contested the results of the 2020 election using false “voter fraud” rumors.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) took to Fox News to blast his displeasure about the voting rights bill, saying that it would “threaten our democracy.”
Cruz claimed that “the first bill” proposed by Democrats was HR1, which is false. The number, HR1 is given to the House Speaker for bills she wants to highlight. It doesn’t mean it is the first actual bill. The first bill that Democrats passed was HR 335, “To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.” It was passed on Jan. 22. The second, HR 1319 was the stimulus bill that Cruz and all other Republicans opposed. Continue reading.