A day before the Senate markup of H.R. 1 on May 11, 2021, (the Democrats’ power-grab to federalize election laws in favor of progressive candidates), 124 retired admirals and generals issued an open letter to the American people warning that “[o]ur nation is in deep peril. We are fighting for our survival as a Constitutional Republic like no other time since our founding in 1776.” Among the dangers facing the nation created by the administration’s policies, the retired flag officers singled out H.R. 1 and S. 1. Without fair and honest elections, they warn that “our Constitutional Republic is lost.” Under our federal system, the states and not the federal government set the controls to ensure election integrity: that there is one legal vote cast and counted per citizen. State legislatures are tasked by the Constitution with setting the election rules. Using government IDs and verified signatures are just commonsense controls, the flag officers argue, to ensure honest elections. But today, many are calling such commonplace controls “racist” in an attempt to avoid having fair and honest elections. The flag officers blasted as a “tyrannical intimidation tactic” the use of racist slurs to stop criticism of the Democrat power-grab. The flag officers compared these tactics to those used by fascist and Marxist regimes to silence their critics. The flag officers warn that H.R. 1 and S. 1, if passed, would destroy election fairness and allow Democrats to forever remain in power, “violating our Constitution and ending our Representative Republic.” https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/05/over_120_generals_and_admirals_warn_that_administration_policies_are_national_security_threat.html
