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Fact-Checking 6 Claims at Senate Democrats’ Voting Law Hearing

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Fact-Checking 6 Claims at Senate Democrats’ Voting Law Hearing Fred Lucas / @FredLucasWH / July 19, 2021 "Spurred on by the big lie, these same actors are now rolling back voting rights in a way that is unprecedented in size and scope since the Jim Crow era,” Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., testifies Monday during a Senate Rules Committee hearing on Georgia's new voting law in Atlanta. (Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) Senate Democrats took their push to nullify state election laws on the road Monday, holding a “field hearing” in Atlanta to attack Georgia’s recent election reforms and promote their bill to eliminate voter ID and other requirements.  Only Democrat members of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee showed up to question witnesses, also all Democrats.  Committee Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said Republicans had the opportunity to call a witness to defend the Georgia law, but didn’t request one. A spokesperson for the committee’s ranking member, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., didn’