lie. it is in response to donald trump's theory that the election was stolen. that he should have won the election. that voter fraud was committed in a massive way. so the conspiracy theories in the minds of those insurrectionists on january 6th is the very same thinking propelling all these voter suppression measures in the states. that's why when liz cheney made her media tour after she was ousted from the republican leadership and she was asked for her position now on these voter suppression bills. and she acted like these were two different issues. they're not. they're fully connected. that's why democrats need to see this through. not just in the form of making sure a commission gets stood up, but making sure that time is spent on the senate floor taking up this measure for the people act that chuck schumer says will be voted on the last week of june, the john lewis voting rights act. these are critical measures and this delay negotiation around the infrastructure package is creating a choke point where all other business including these voting rights bills are behind