Discussion · Senate
Mike Lee Republican
“Doing nothing about a problem is still a choice. The other side knows noncitizens might vote illegally, but they refuse to stop it. By doing nothing, they are saying they are fine with this cheating.”
“Yes. As Cicero once said on the floor of the Roman Senate: If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice--actually, that wasn’t Cicero; it was Rush in the song ``Freewill.’’ But the point was made: When you are aware of something and you do nothing about it, that, by itself, is a decision. They have identified that this is an issue. And by suggesting that we move forward while doing nothing about it, that--there is an inexorable, inescapable conclusion that one derives from that, which is: They are just fine with this form of cheating. They are just fine with the very real possibility that up to 278,000 noncitizens, in those 4 States alone that we mentioned--to say nothing of the hundreds of thousands in other States that might be registered to vote illegally-- that those guys are going to vote. They are just fine with that. Let that sink in.”
Yes. As Cicero once said on the floor of the Roman Senate: If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice--actually, that wasn’t Cicero; it was Rush in the song ``Freewill.’’ But the point was made: When you are aware of something and you do nothing about it, that, by itself, is a decision. They have identified that this is an issue. And by suggesting that we move forward while doing nothing about it, that--there is an inexorable, inescapable conclusion that one derives from that, which is: They are just fine with this form of cheating. They are just fine with the very real possibility that up to 278,000 noncitizens, in those 4 States alone that we mentioned--to say nothing of the hundreds of thousands in other States that might be registered to vote illegally-- that those guys are going to vote. They are just fine with that. Let that sink in.