Joe Biden’s voting rights smears

President Joe Biden delivered one of the most demagogic speeches of any modern president on Tuesday. You might say it even had Trumpian tones.

Having seen his Build Back Better spending plan fall into a legislative ditch, a frustrated Biden has decided to run to the nearest mudhole and start throwing its contents at his opponents.

The supposed purpose of these remarks, delivered on the grounds of Morehouse College in Georgia, was to push two bills that would nationalise the election process and ban states from enacting voter integrity measures of their own. The problem is that he simply doesn’t have the votes to pass these bills — and he knows it. All 50 Democrats might — in theory — vote for it. But every Republican is opposed to what they view as a naked power grab. And they will block consideration of the bill through use of the filibuster.

So, Biden declared his support for ditching the Senate filibuster, which requires 60 out of 100 senators to move legislation to the floor, and he demanded the historic reform be jammed through on a purely partisan vote.