Laura Gay: HR1 — Fact or fiction? – Vacaville Reporter
“If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed.”
— Thomas Jefferson
“Truth will ultimately prevail where pains is taken to bring it to light.”
— George Washington
Our current liberal media largely paints a narrative that denies truth in an attempt to sway public opinion. So far so good.
Take for example a voting bill pushed by the partisan left, yes Democrats, called HR1 — a bill that is not warranted, since the Democrats said all 2020 voting was pristine, without corruption, nor presented with irregularities. This bill would have you believe the wild and racist GOP want to change voting laws and bring us back to “Jim Crow” because the election was lost. If the election was so clearly won by a landslide, why the fuss over changing voting laws?
“Jim Crow”? Really? Yes, throw around a term that with an implication that most people don’t understand, and get people fired up over the sinister sound of its implications. Oh, must mean the White supremacists are conjuring up the KKK to stop people of color from voting.
What the left doesn’t want you to know is that much of what is printed about the GOP’s disagreement over HR1 is false. Most notably, and laughable, is the GOP’s desire to make it unlawful for water to be provided to those standing in long, hot, sweaty voting lines. Cheap shot. The law remains clear — a 100-foot distance from all political parties for the purpose of eliminating voter persuasion. All nonprofit groups not determined to be political organizations can provide water and food. By the way, no one says a voter can’t bring their own water and food.
In addition, HR1 does not require voter I.D., nor signature verification. The implications of this are by itself alarming. With the number of illegal migrants coming in currently, I believe by President Biden’s encouragement, many benefits will be provided as incentive, including voter rights. Proponents of HR1 say voter identification is “racist.” Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus said these restrictions operate to the particular detriment of Black voters, who tend to have less access to acceptable forms of identification.
Being the mother-in-law of a successful Black man, I was embarrassed for him. So, are we to believe, if you are Black you don’t have the wherewithal to provide identification? This bill presumes so. This bill will also federalize voting laws, meaning states’ rights are effectively overridden, if not evaporated. A state’s right to question voter eligibility and accuracy of registration and district boundary lines will become moot.
Online voting registration, which is subject to hacking, will become a norm. Do your own fact-checking. You may have to dig — tech tends to give the mainstream media the first page on searches. And journalists don’t tend to dig anymore.
The truth will ultimately prevail.
— Laura Gay/Vacaville