As Trump sows chaos, Sanders and Schumer call on McConnell to hold public hearings, help restore

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confidence in election integrity

“We believe this issue is above partisan politics,” the senators wrote to the GOP Senate Majority Leader.

https://www.nationofchange.org/2020/09/17/as-trump-sows-chaos-sanders-and-schumer-call-on-mcconnell-to-hold-public-hearings-help-restore-confidence-in-election-integrity/

In order to combat those sowing chaos and backing conspiracy theories about possible results, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent a letter Wednesday to Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urging him to create a bipartisan committee to “guarantee the integrity of our election process” ahead of November voting.

The letter (pdf), which was written in response to what Sanders (I-Vt.) called “the disturbing rise in attacks on the fundamental security and legitimacy of our elections,” pressures McConnell (R-Ky.) to form the committee “to hear testimony from state and local officials, election experts, and others to reassure the American people that the election will go smoothly and reliably.”

“Nothing is more fundamental to our democracy than the integrity of our elections,” Sens. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sanders wrote. “Sadly, there are some who are systematically undermining public confidence in the voting process, and irresponsibly fanning suspicions and conspiracy theories about the legitimacy of election results.”

“With the election less than two months away the Senate should immediately establish a special bipartisan committee, with equal representation from both parties,” the senators continued. “The function of that committee must be to hold hearings about what is being done around the country to make certain that our public institutions are prepared to conduct a smooth and reliable election which will be free from voter suppression and intimidation, that every vote will be counted, and that there will be confidence in the ultimate outcome.”

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1. So McConnell Will Call A Meeting And They'll Talk The Talk But.....

in the end they will do nothing to change anything that they already have in place to suppress the votes. With only 47 more days til the election how much can be done to change anything?