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Yesterday, Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Joe Morelle (D-NY), and Jim Himes (D-CT-04) gathered for a little political theater behind a wrinkled tablecloth at Gateway Community College in New Haven — a "shadow hearing" on their “efforts to protect democracy” from Donald Trump.
"The President and his allies are frankly hostile to American elections," declared Morelle, as he brought up King Charles' visit to DC, and the idea that "the sovereign in America is the People... here there are no kings."
Morelle is dumbfounded as to why Republicans want to create "obstacles" for "women, African-Americans and students" to vote, like requiring proper ID. He fumed over Trump's "ill-conceived, unconstitutional, illegal, immoral executive order" to eliminate "vote by mail," calling it "catastrophic" for Connecticut since the Democrats just rammed through no-excuse absentee voting.
He warned Trump might deploy the military to intimidate voters, called the DOJ a "threat," complained that Homeland Security wasn’t doing enough, and griped about the end of racial gerrymandering
DeLauro, the purple-haired octogenarian, credited Nancy Pelosi for the idea behind this event, and insisted the "survival of our democracy, the great American experiment" is literally at stake right now; it's even more important than the cost-of-living crisis plaguing Connecticut families.
She accused Trump of a "coordinated campaign" to undermine elections, intimidate officials, and defund election agencies — all while dismissing concerns about fraud and illegal voting as baseless.
"There are none," she claimed of illegal immigrants voting. "And he knows that."
Himes joined the cosplay, accusing the Trump administration of stripping resources from election security while warning that MAGA is weakening defenses so Putin can pounce. He said Pam Bondi had no business going into Georgia to investigate ballots from 2020. He dismissed noncitizen voting as a "problem which does not exist" — citing just 77 cases from 1999-2023 — and mocked the SAVE Act as disenfranchising "millions" over nothing. "God help me if I have to find my birth certificate," he quipped.
Of course, Himes didn't mention that audits conducted in a number of states in 2024 revealed thousands of noncitizens on voter rolls.
The panel featured CT Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas, Miles Rapoport (100% Democracy and former CT SOTS), Ann Reed from Connecticut's League of Women Voters, Brian Lemek of Defend the Vote (a Democrat party partner), and Bruce Ackerman, a professor from Yale Law School.
Reed boasted about new legislation to keep ICE away from Connecticut polling locations so that voters aren't "intimidated." She said the League is advocating for ranked-choice voting. When asked if there is one reform she could make anywhere to restore trust in government, Reed said she'd abolish the electoral college.
Lemek asserted that "democracy is under attack right now" due to the elimination of racial gerrymandering, Trump's executive order on vote-by-mail, the SAVE America Act, misinformation and the "overwhelming amount of money" in politics. He also said requiring proof of citizenship is a "hardship" and a "voter suppression tactic."
Ackerman, a "committed social democrat," wants to lean into that "overwhelming amount of money" — specifically the $1 billion George Soros poured into the Center for American Progress — to "rebuild democracy" if and when Democrats ever resume control of Congress. Then he laid out a doomsday scenario: Trump rejecting election results, deploying the military, and sparking civil war. "This is a real threat," Ackerman promised, "and there’s nothing we can do about it" — because Trump is "provoking us."
Morelle later thanked Ackerman for the shout-out to Soros, openly acknowledging the very cozy relationship the Democrat party has with Mr. Open Societies.
SOTS Thomas lamented cuts to CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency), implying that elections will no longer be "safe" as a result.
Remember this is the same agency the House Judiciary Committee exposed as being the nerve center of federal censorship targeting conservatives, the Hunter Biden laptop, and COVID dissent.
Thomas also warned taxes will rise if the SAVE Act passes, claiming that most Connecticut towns would need to hire two extra registrars, one Democrat and one Republican, just to verify citizenship and handle in-person voter registrations.
She also recommended starting a civics commission to talk about the importance of elections year-round. DeLauro claimed Linda McMahon and the Department of Education "eliminated civics education," so she praised Thomas for making the suggestion.
When asked what activists should do right now to help save democracy, the answers ranged from "vote early" to "become a poll worker." But Yale’s Ackerman took the prize. He said that "making no kings day every week" would be "the most effective thing" to do in the short term because "democracy is being shattered."
Those comments seemed to resonate with Rosa who said that "public outcry is what is going to turn things around in this nation" -- that, and having the courts on their side. She claimed Trump is literally trying to "crack the foundation" of democracy, of the "entire American experience," and if he succeeds, Rosa promised future generations will have fewer rights.
She closed by recalling a story about her colleague, John Lewis:
"Bloodied, fought every single day, crossed that bridge, did what he had to do to ensure that there was a right to vote. That is the kind of deliberation we need to make to this fight," said Rosa. "It can't be just a strictly academic discussion. It has to be blood and guts. That's what we are about, and we have to make sure that he doesn't take this away from us."
So much for lowering the temperature of the rhetoric after three assassination attempts and a shooter outside the White House yesterday.
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