The Daily 202: Principled conservatives show federalism is more than a talking point by rejecting...
The Daily 202: Principled conservatives show federalism is more than a talking point by rejecting voter data requests
By James Hohmann July 6 at 7:00 AM
THE BIG IDEA: The 10th Amendment is like the budget deficit. You only learn which Republicans genuinely care about it when their own party controls the federal government.
When Barack Obama was in charge, it was easy for GOP officials of all stripes to talk up states’ rights and decry out-of-control spending. Less than six months into President Trump’s tenure, much of that concern has fallen by the wayside. Each day brings fresh examples of rank hypocrisy.
But there are also principled conservative politicians who are proving that they follow the same moral compass whether Republicans are in power or in the wilderness.
The past week has brought a career-defining litmus test for secretaries of state in capitals across the country. By refusing to participate in the fishing expedition of a panel that was created by Trump to bolster his absurd claim that he “won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally,” several Republicans in ruby-red states are demonstrating a politically courageous commitment to federalism.
Pushback from the right, more than any other factor, has now imperiled the nascent work of the “Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.”
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