WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Jack Reed issued the following press release:
This week, at the insistence of President Trump, Senate Republicans are seeking to jam through the ultra-partisan voting suppression legislation misleadingly called the "SAVE America Act." This bill will give the Trump Administration unprecedented power to interfere in state-run election systems, directly clashing with 250 years of constitutional law and American values.
Put simply, this bill is a continuation of Donald Trump's assault on U.S. election systems that began after he lost the 2020 election. At that time, U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr refuted Trump's claim that there was widespread fraud and his key lieutenants and advisers - including Vice President ...