As Expected, And Invited: Dems Make First Steps To Federalize Elections

ED MORRISSEY AT HOTAIR:

Let’s start this post with a quiz. Which senator gets quoted in this Associated Press report about federalizing election standards by saying, “We have just literally seen an attack on our own democracy”? Is it Ted Cruz, Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley, or Chuck Schumer?

Four years ago, we’d know the answer to this, or at least easily pick off which side of the aisle originated it. Thanks to Republican attempts at throwing out electors over complaints about states’ election promises, it’s no longer easy to distinguish the federalists from the nationalizers.

In this case, it’s Amy Klobuchar, but with an assist from Cruz and Hawley:

Democrats plan to move quickly on one of the first bills of the new Congress, citing the need for federal election standards and other reforms to shore up the foundations…