ABOUT VOTER SUPPRESSION

Democrats have crafted a relentless narrative that Republicans are intent on preventing people from voting. It’s based on the ridiculous premise that even the most rudimentary election requirements and safeguards — voter ID, ballot deadlines — amount to insurmountable impediments for a significant swath of the electorate.

Never mind that voter turnout remains robust or on the rise even in states that leftist activists have ludicrously tarred as imposing “Jim Crow” election laws. In fact … it’s becoming increasingly difficult to dig up actual victims of laws limiting mail-in voting or requiring identification to cast a ballot.

But it turns out that Democrats aren’t really all that interested in democracy when their hold on power might be threatened. Consider an op-ed this week in The Wall Street Journal by Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., the civil rights leader now involved with No Labels, a group that promotes bipartisanship and centrist politics. It is prepared to run “a unity ticket of common-sense candidates” in the 2024 election if Republicans nominate Donald Trump and Democrats stick with Joe Biden.

In response, Chavis notes, “some 40 leading Democratic officials, including President Biden’s former chief of staff, met in Washington to find ways to keep potential candidates endorsed by No Labels off 2024 presidential ballots in all 50 states.” … But for Democrats to pass themselves off as caped defenders of democracy and the American Way while scheming to prevent voters from having additional choices is the height of hubristic hypocrisy. Progressives like to prattle on about voter “suppression.” What’s it called when you rig the game to make sure nobody else can get on the ballot?