A pair of controversial bills approved by the Washington, D.C. City Council has put the district in the national spotlight and at odds with the federal government. Congress is expected to use its oversight power over city matters to override a crime bill that would reduce maximum sentences for violent crimes in D.C. The House also passed a resolution of disapproval on another city council bill that would allow noncitizens to vote in local elections.
Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker says the D.C. voting bill is reckless and undermines election integrity in the U.S.
The world is full of those wishing to do us harm. This much has been made evident and certain. And D.C. is a very complex environment and a lot of noncitizens live here. In 2016, the Left was so concerned about foreign interference in our election. Now they’re inviting it. And while there are, of course, many noncitizens living in D.C. who faithfully work here — great people — they are not citizens and should not be allowed to vote in our elections. Just like U.S. citizens abroad cannot vote in the elections and decide the future of countries like France or Argentina or Russia, anywhere. And that’s what this is going to do.
In response to all of this, the Republican leader of the U.S. House Oversight Committee, James Comer, introduced a resolution to disapprove of this legislation. So yeah, you’re hearing about a whole lot of Congress saying, “we’re intervening on this.” And Congressman Comer said, “Voting is a pillar of American democracy and a constitutional right. The D.C. Council, the City Council’s reckless decision is an attack on the foundation of this republic.”
The Left continues to try and erode the foundations of our principles, and what it means to be an American, but they’re getting exposed. Washington, D.C. is supposed to be the heart of our democracy. It is the capital of our constitutional republic, and it’s here in our nation’s capital that we are seeing the voice of the American people be threatened through your representative government. What they’re doing at this D.C. City Council is unconstitutional, and if they’re going to give out the right to vote to anyone, what else will they give away? What else will they tear down?