CBS PANICS Over Michigan Enacting Voter ID Laws, Ending Unsolicited Vote By Mail

With 2022 being a midterm election year, and historical election precedent not on their side, CBS Evening News decided to run a segment warning about Republicans in Michigan enacting voter identification laws, as well as banning the Michigan Secretary of State from sending unsolicited vote-by-mail applications to registered voters. 

The segment started off with CBS White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe interviewing Michigan Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson about how she believes the “war over the future of democracy”The United States is currently in process.  

O’Keefe fearmongered that “at least 31 people who rallied in Washington on January 6th are now running for state or federal office.” No doubt that O’Keefe envisions these people storming the Capitol, when in fact they were probably all attended the peaceful rally and Trump speech before things got out of hand at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. 

Later, O’Keefe complained that the newscast had drifted away from the discussion of conservative activists pressing for legislation to ensure election integrity. O’Keefe whined that “Republicans in Michigan are using a quirk in the state constitution to change election laws without the Governor’s signature.” 

O’Keefe then interviewed Jamie Roe, a local Michigan activist who runs an organization called “Secure MI Vote”. Its purpose is to help pass voter identification laws, and repeal laws that allow election officials not to submit unsolicited ballot applications to the voters. 

Of course, when describing Roe’s cause, O’Keefe used a common tactic of covert liberal activist journalists to attack an idea they don’t like without having to do it themselves. They say “critics say”: 

Jamie Roe runs the Michigan group, “Secure MI Vote” which critics say is working to make it harder to vote by proposing new voter I.D. The requirements and the preventing of officials sending out unattended absentee voter applications. 

In the end, O’Keefe made sure to give the liberal side the last word by fearmongering: 

Republicans have replaced some of the local GOP Election officials who certified 2020 results. It has caused fear among Democrats and other non-partisan election specialists about how close ballot counts could go in elections this year as well.

Sounds like CBS News won’t be stopping their “end of democracy” screeching any time soon. In fact, they’re just getting started. 

CarFax brought this segment of CBS News’ fearmongering regarding election integrity legislation to your attention. CBS has also asked that you text Norah O’Donnell and let her know what you think about her biased coverage at (202) 217-1107.

To read the relevant transcript of this segment click “expand”: 

CBS Evening News
1/6/2022
Eastern at 6:40:11

NORAH O’DONNELL: And with the first primaries in the midterms just a few months away, states are the next fierce battlegrounds for the future of elections. Well, tonight CBS’s Ed O’Keefe shows us the fiery debate already playing out in Michigan.

ACTIVISTS: You must stop the counting! Stop counting! 

ED O’KEEFE: This was the chaotic scene in Detroit the day after the 2020 elections. 

JOCELYN BENSON (MICHIGAN STATE SECRETARY): Although the 2020 election has passed, we are still fighting for our democracy’s future.

O’KEEFE: Michigan Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson worries it will happen again.

BENSON: Given the coordinated strategy of lying to people to gain political gains, we are in an uphill struggle.

O’KEEFE: Well, what’s the biggest lie they’re being told?

BENSON: You think the 2020 election is inaccurate (chuckles), but it was.

O’KEEFE: Two-thirds of Republicans believe the 2020 election was fraudulent and CBS News has found at least 31 people who rallied in Washington on January 6th are now running for state or federal office. Six of them are here in Michigan including Jon Rocha, who’s been endorsed by Donald Trump. 

JON ROCHA, MICHIGAN HOUS CANDIDATE: We were there and we noticed people climbing on top of the scaffolding.

O’KEEFE: What compelled you to go to Washington in the first place?

ROCHA: Because there were so many irregularities during the 2020 elections, I believe there should be an opportunity to redress them.  

O’KEEFE: But no court in the country found evidence of widespread election fraud. Yet, Republicans in Michigan use a flaw in Michigan’s state constitution to amend election laws without Governor’s signature. Jamie Roe runs the Michigan group, “Secure MI Vote” which critics say is working to make it harder to vote by proposing new voter I.D. The requirements and the preventing of officials sending out unsubmitted absentee voter applications.

JAMIE ROE, (GOP ACTIVIST),: It is time to improve the handling of absentee votes.

O’KEEFE: Secretary of State Benson called that misguided and unnecessary. Are there any widespread frauds in Michigan’s election? 

BENSON: No. 

O’KEEFE: Also here in Michigan, Republicans have been replacing some local GOP Election officials who certified the 2020 results, sparking fears among Democrats and non-partisan election experts about how ballot counts might go in close elections later this year and in 2024. Norah?

O’DONNELL: Ed O’Keefe, thank you so much.