It’s not often that we’re able to write words of praise for ABC News’ Jon Karl on the pages of RedState, but fair play to the co-host of the Sunday show This Week for actually holding a Democrat accountable for their lies.
Karl’s guest on this week’s show was Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and one of the topics discussed was voter ID and the SAVE America Act. Warner was there, of course, to rebut President Trump’s assertions during his Thursday night speech from the White House that American elections have been compromised – and will continue to be compromised – due to foreign influence. Influence, it could be argued, that’s been covered up by the Deep State. Put a pin in that, we’ll revisit it in a moment.
According to Warner, everything is hunky dory with our election system, and, hey, just look his home state of Virginia. The Old Dominion, claimed Warner, requires voters to present an ID in order to cast their ballot, so no one can say we Democrats don’t support this!
There’s just one thing, noted Karl. That’s simply not true.
Here’s the exchange: