Schumer sharply criticizes GOP on voting rights: 'Shame, shame, shame'
By Jordain Carney - 03/24/21 11:40 AM EDT Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday sharply criticized new bills being offered by Republicans in dozens of states that would place limits on the ability to vote.
Schumer, testifying before the Senate Rules Committee on a sweeping elections reform bill, accused Republicans of trying to "disenfranchise" voters after losing the 2020 election.
"Shame on them. .... This is infuriating. I would like to ask my Republican colleagues: Why are you so afraid of democracy," Schumer said.
Schumer also spoke on the Senate floor about the election bills being proposed, accusing Republicans of embracing former President Trump's "big lie"—that the 2020 election was "rigged" and stolen from him.
"They're not even standing up to protect the sacred right to vote. Shame. Shame. Shame, on all of them," he added.
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