Abbreviated pundit roundup: Attacking voting rights, tax cuts for the rich, and other GOP priorities

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We begin today’s roundup with Kira Lerner’s piece in The Guardian outlining the continuing attack on voting rights in America:

Republican lawmakers across the country have already filed dozens of bills that would restrict voting, including proposals in Texas that would increase criminal penalties on people who violate voting laws and enact a new law enforcement unit to prosecute election crimes. [...] 

This year, Republican-controlled legislatures plan to continue pressing for laws that they say would help prevent widespread voter fraud, a problem that voting advocates say does not exist but nonetheless continues to be alleged by Donald Trump and his allies. Several pre-filed bills would further criminalize voters and election officials, a trend that has been occurring across the US in the past few years.

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