Yesterday, the FBI executed a search warrant in Fulton County, Georgia, related to the 2020 election. The month prior, I reported that Fulton County admitted it violated rules and accepted more than 300,000 early ballots that were illegally certified.
As I noted at the time, quoting from The Federalist:
Earlier this month, Fulton County admitted that approximately 315,000 early votes from the 2020 election were illegally certified but were nonetheless still included in the final results of that election.
The admission came during a Dec. 9 hearing before the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) stemming from a challenge filed by David Cross, a local election integrity activist. Cross filed a challenge with the SEB in March 2022. Cross alleged that Fulton County violated Georgia statute in the handling of advanced voting ahead of the November 2020 election, counting hundreds of thousands of votes even though polling workers failed to sign off on the vote tabulation “tapes” critical to the certification process.
And Fulton County admitted to it.
In 2020, I admit I wasn't one who believed the election was stolen. Given the upheavals of COVID and the Democratic Party's hiding of Biden, it didn't surprise me that Trump lost the election. But over the years, I've become what I call agnostic about the issue: that is, I'm not sure who won, but there's enough questionable behavior there to warrant a further look. The sad reality is this: Georgia would not have flipped the election for Trump, and even if we found evidence of widespread voter fraud, we likely can't unring that bell.
It would be uncharted Constitutional territory, and the best thing we can do is move forward to make sure something like this never happens again.
Of course, the Democrats — the so-called "defenders of democracy" — are not happy about this.
Democrats on Capitol Hill are raising concerns with the FBI's search of an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, and warning that the operation is an example of President Trump using federal law enforcement to intimidate voters and undermine democracy.…
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 29, 2026
Georgia's two Democratic senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, both condemned the search and said it marked a new front in Mr. Trump's efforts to use the power of the federal government to seek retribution.
"After losing Georgia in 2020, Donald Trump demanded state officials 'find' votes to change the outcome, tried to use DOJ to overturn it, and spread conspiracy theories that led to the Jan. 6 sacking of the U.S. Capitol. I suspect today's raid is a continuation of this sore loser's crusade, despite repeated audits and independent reviews confirming that Donald Trump was indeed defeated," Ossoff said in a statement. "From Minnesota to Georgia, on display to the whole world is a President spiraling out of control, wielding federal law enforcement as an unaccountable instrument of personal power and revenge."
Ossoff was referring to a call Mr. Trump had with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in January 2021, in which the president pressured him to "find" 11,780 votes. Joe Biden won Georgia's 2020 presidential contest by 11,779 votes.
The only way this will "intimidate voters" and "undermine democracy" is if we redefine what those phrases mean. To Democrats, "intimidate voters" means "stopping those ineligible to vote from voting," and "undermine democracy" means "we can't cheat our way to victory."
There is no other explanation for it.
Why else would Democrats in Virginia move to bar ICE from operating within 40 feet of a polling place? It means that they're protecting illegal immigrants who shouldn't be voting in the first place.
It's also why they oppose the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. Democrats would tell us such activity is already illegal, so we don't need additional legislation. Funny how they never say that when someone commits a mass shooting, which is also already illegal, and demand more gun control laws instead (laws that Democrat AGs and DAs will refuse to follow).
But I digress.
Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the SAVE Act will also require photo ID in addition to proof of citizenship.
BREAKING: Leader John Thune says the SAVE Act will now require photo ID, in addition to U.S. citizenship, to vote in U.S. elections. pic.twitter.com/bCYMbWeDTs
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 28, 2026
Voter ID has polled very well among voters of all political persuasions for many years. It's probably because we need to show an ID when we do things like open a bank account, buy alcohol or cold medicine, travel on an airplane, or get a job. Everyone has an ID, and the excuses for why people can't get IDs are as lame as they are varied.
Until the day she died at 84, my grandmother — who never drove a car in her life and lived on a fixed income for most of it — always managed to get a state-issued ID and renewed it every time it expired. There are no excuses for not having one.
But those so-called "defenders of democracy" once again ignore the will of the majority on the issue, preferring instead to double down on calling women and minority voters too stupid to get an ID to vote, and classifying voter ID as "voter intimidation."
Rep Jayapal: Voter ID laws are a form of voter "intimidation."
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) January 29, 2026
There’s only one reason to not want voter ID laws.
Pass the SAVE Act. pic.twitter.com/VEZtkhuFxp
I'm grateful we're not a direct democracy. Imagine New York and Los Angeles dictating public policy for the rest of us. But it's also clear that when Democrats lose a vote, they quickly lose their love for democracy, too. Look no further than Prop 8, the California marriage bill. It passed with 52.24 percent of the vote. Similar bills across the country were passed by similar majorities. Democrats went to the courts to force gay marriage on us, anyway.
When Hillary Clinton won the popular vote over President Trump in 2016, it was proof that Trump didn't have a "mandate" — despite winning the only vote total that matters, the Electoral College. When Trump did win the popular vote in 2024, Democrats shrugged and said it was meaningless.
If Democrats actually cared about democracy, they would demand not only election transparency but also tighter election laws. They would want to make sure that only eligible voters are able to cast ballots and that those ballots are counted. Any fraudulent ballot strips an American voter of her voice in that democracy that Democrats claim to love so much.
But the blunt truth is this: they don't want a democracy. There's a chance they might lose. They want power and control, and will do whatever it takes to achieve those ends. That's why the Senate should bring up the SAVE Act for a vote. Even if it doesn't pass, get the Democrats on record as supporting voter fraud and opposing protecting their beloved democracy.
