A member of the far-left Democrat “Squad” announced that she’s introducing legislation to dramatically expand the party’s voting pool to include felons who are serving time behind bars for their crimes.
On Wednesday, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) unveiled the “Inclusive Democracy Act” another of the Orwellian-titled bills that Democrats have foisted off on the public, this one a transparent attempt to tilt the table in their favor by allowing criminals to cast their votes, also floating the idea of lowering the voter age.
The congresswoman and fellow leftist lawmaker Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) spoke at a press conference, calling for voting rights to be restored for felons less than a year before the vital 2024 elections in which their entire extremist agenda is at stake.
JUST IN: Ahead of 2024, Democratic Congresswoman @AyannaPressley says, “We must “expand access to the ballot box,” Including for incarcerated citizens and “teenagers as young as 16.” WATCH pic.twitter.com/gNZQtLZHvQ
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“That’s why we’re here today, to introduce the Inclusive Democracy Act — a historic, brand new, first-of-its-kind bill that will end the stain of felony disenfranchisement in America and guarantee the right to vote for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated citizens,” the “Squad” member said on a chilly afternoon in Washington, D.C.
“Our bill is a reflection of bold, progressive, democratic values. Because of Republicans and the Supreme Court stopping at nothing to undermine voting rights and to exclude black and brown folks from participating in our democracy, we must be just as relentless at protecting and expanding access to the ballot box, including for incarcerated citizens,” Pressley continued.
“When the former occupant of the White House can lead a violent insurrection and still run for president while nearly five million citizens can have a criminal record and not even cast a ballot, Jim Crow is not behind us,” Pressley said at the presser.
“Our democracy is on the line, and the stakes could not be higher. As a Boston city councilor prior to my time here in Congress, I was proud to advocate for expanded access to the ballot box. Requiring ballots be made available in multiple languages, expanding early voting in local elections. And in Congress, I led efforts and legislation to lower the federal voting age to 16 and urged the DOJ to aggressively protect voting rights and to fight against voter suppression,” she added.
Changing the voting age has been a dream of Democrats right up there with packing the Supreme Court and making D.C. and Puerto Rico into U.S. states with a young, uninformed, and easily bamboozled demographic being an electoral gold mine.
“So I have been — and I will continue to fight — for voting rights for everyone,” Pressley told the crowd.
It’s certainly not a new idea and has previously received support from the ideological father of “The Squad” in Welch’s fellow senator from the Ben & Jerry’s state, Comrade Bernie Sanders who suggested that even Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bomber deserved to have a say in elections.
Bernie Sanders says that he would let Boston Marathon bomber vote from jailhttps://t.co/ePeYts1ImK pic.twitter.com/1hzSEdEyEf
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“The legislation is co-sponsored by Representatives Cori Bush (MO-01), Troy A. Carter, Sr. (LA-02), Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10), Dan Goldman (NY-10), Henry C. (“Hank”) Johnson, Jr. (GA-04), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), Barbara Lee (CA-12), Summer Lee (PA-12), Kevin Mullin (CA-15), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-DE), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Paul D. Tonko (NY-20), and Nikema Williams (GA-05), and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (D-VT),” read a statement on Pressley’s website.
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