 You know, I'm old enough to remember a time when Republicans at least Pretended to actually be in favor of states rights, but now they don't even try to maintain the facade You know, it's full mask off their hypocrites They're you know, electoral opportunists and if there's a states rights issue at stake that doesn't help them then They don't care. They'll show their colors their true colors immediately But this is what we've come to expect from the Republican Party So when it comes to states rights and voting, you know, I don't know if you all know about this But we're currently in a pandemic and we have a major election coming up in November So assuming that the pandemic persists until that time voters have to be given some alternative They can't be forced to risk their lives to come out and vote in a pandemic So of course, I think that mail-in voting is a no-brainer. We do it in Oregon It's been this way for decades. Everyone here loves it Republicans and Democrats But California governor Gavin Newsom has chosen to institute vote by mail and the Republican Party is suing him You heard that right. They are suing him for choosing to do vote by mail During a pandemic. I mean never mind that this should be the norm Even if we're not living through a pandemic But the fact that they're suing him for instituting vote by mail during a pandemic adds to the absurdity of this story So as William Cummings of USA Today reports the Republican Party launched a legal battle to block California governor Gavin Newsom From sending all voters in his state mail-in ballots for the general election arguing the move is unconstitutional and invites voter fraud the Republican National Committee National Republican Congressional Committee and California Republican Party Fought a lawsuit Sunday against Newsom and Secretary of State Alex Padilla in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California In their complaint the groups called the Democratic governor's action in a legal usurpation of the legislature's Authority to set the time place and manner of the election which they said Constitutionally rests with the state legislature. This brazen power grab was not authorized by state law and violates both the elections clause And electors clause of the US Constitution the complaint says on May 8th Newsom signed an executive order stating that every registered California voter would be sent a mail-in ballot because of concerns about the spread of Coronavirus elections and the right to vote are foundational to our democracy Newsom said in a statement No Californian should be forced to risk their health in order to exercise their right to vote So I mean there's so much to say about this but let's just pause for a moment and think about their Republican Party and what they View is you know an abuse of power or a power grab whatever language they used. They're perfectly fine with voter ID laws They're perfectly fine with restricting the number of polling places in precincts. They're perfectly fine With legally questionable voter purges in states like Georgia and elsewhere But when it comes to a governor Signing an executive order that allows citizens to vote by mail during a pandemic. That's where they draw the line That's an unconstitutional power grab and understand They don't have much of a leg to stand on here because they constantly cry voter fraud Trump does the same thing But they can never prove it They never present you with evidence and that's because there is no evidence that vote by mail invites mass voter fraud Which is why they use language like it invites voter fraud because they can't actually prove That it is conducive to voter fraud if you go to the Heritage Foundation's Election fraud website you can look at each state and they basically Will catalog all of the instances of voter fraud go to Oregon and there's less than 13 over the last 20 years So clearly they can't prove that this will lead to voters fraud which is why they have to fear monger and say oh You know, it'll invite voter fraud. We're not saying definitely, but it just opens the door to voter fraud more so than machines how they don't have an argument and Understand that they're basically trying to get him on a technicality This is a very you know democrat tactic. They're trying to say well, you didn't fill out the proper paperwork You know you did this via executive action Whereas if you did this via the legislature and got it passed that way then we'd be okay with it We're not against vote by mail because that would encourage more people to vote Which means we'd probably lose or against it because you didn't do it properly you signed an executive order and we're against that We're against power grabs. I mean their clowns their absolute clowns. Let's be very real about the intentions of the RNC and the Republican Party Here's the thing if more people turn out to vote that hurts them every single time because the Republican Party is a minority party Most people the overwhelming majority of Americans do not identify with the Republican Party so they know the only way that they can get power and maintain power is by disenfranchising thousands and thousands of voters and of course a form of voter suppression is Forcing people to vote during a pandemic and if more people have an option to vote Then that means that they may not be as successful They don't care that you know, they're well winning illegitimately They just care that they win and make no mistake about it This isn't just about California because I think that they realize California is a deep blue state and to them It's lost cause but they don't want the popularity of mail-in voting to catch on because if it does and if every single State had vote by mail if we had nationwide vote by mail, could you imagine more people would vote and when turnout is higher? Republicans lose this is a Fact of reality every single election we can basically If we knew how many people would turn out to vote you could predict with a relative degree of certainty Which party would win and take power? So the Republican Party always tries to concern troll as a way of disenfranchising voters, right? They say we need voter ID laws to you know, diminish the prospect of fraud We need to make sure that we don't do mail-in voting because that could lead to people committing fraud When in actuality, what's the outcome of these policies that they implement? I mean look at voter ID laws these Disproportionately affect black and brown voters So, you know if they're going to disenfranchise voters at least Stop with the facade stop with this, you know pretense that you actually care about, you know integrity at the vote Because that's not what you care about you care about winning And so if you can disenfranchise democratic party voters and get them to not turn out for Democrats Then this means you would win It's the only way a minority party is able to keep being successful aside from the fact that you know The opposition party Democrats suck and people don't want to turn out anyway, but if more people turn out Republicans lose so I mean this is just it's a despicable move, right? And if I were Gavin Newsom currently not knowing how this is going to pan out I would encourage, you know Democrats in their state legislature to pass this law and you know codify it send it to his desk Because I think that you know signing an executive order is an important measure to take, you know But you also have to make sure that you make this a law so it's permanent so it can't be challenged I mean that doesn't necessarily mean that it can't be challenged That's not to say that Republicans still wouldn't challenge it But as many arguments from them as you could debunk that's gonna help, you know bolster your case because mail-in voting is Incredibly important and regardless of what Donald Trump and Republicans say they're lying They're absolutely full of shit when they say that this leads to voter fraud because that is demonstrably untrue and if they actually cared about voter fraud they can have Policies enacted to where they audit the votes at every single precinct at every election have a recount just automatically be triggered If an election is within two points, right? If it's a close race There are things you can do to minimize voter fraud, but it's not that big of an issue they try to make it a big issue and you know right wing media Sensationalizes this issue because they want to suppress the vote and you know claiming that there are Widespread instances of voter fraud across the country. That's just the justification that they use To try to disenfranchise voters don't fall for their bullshit and fight them because voting is a right And once you lose that right in a democracy then you no longer live in a democracy You can argue about how much impact your vote has But if you lose the right to vote if there are more obstacles that keep you from voting You no longer live in a democracy and you can already make the case that we don't live in a democracy I would argue that we don't live in Democracy or we don't meet the criteria of polyarchy, but the right to vote is essential Don't let Donald Trump lie to you. Don't let the Republican Party lie to you. They are full of shit They don't care about voter fraud if they actually were concerned with it They wouldn't be pushing voter ID laws or stopping people from voting by mail because again, it works in Oregon We've had it here for decades and Republicans and Democrats here love it and if you try to take it away from us You're gonna have a pretty hard time doing that, right? Even Republicans here absolutely love vote by mail So this is just a tactic. It's a ploy for them to gaslight you into thinking that voter fraud is a bigger issue than it is So they can disenfranchise you Don't let them and fight them Mike is the worst progressive on YouTube. Please don't subscribe to him or become a patron David Dole is so much better. Trust me folks. He's doing a great job. He really is okay