Republicans are going all-out to limit voting rights. We know why | Jill Filipovic

In 2021 legislative sessions, lawmakers in 28 states have pushed a whopping 106 bills that would restrict voting access

It's been less than a month since rightwing insurrectionists stormed the Capitol building in a deadly riot incited by the former president and his false claims of mass voter fraud. In the riot's wake, many prominent Republicans have tried to distance themselves from the attackers and those who spurred them on. The mob was fed lies," said the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people."

Those other powerful people" were powerful members of the Republican party and leading voices in conservative media, who are now either claiming we simply need to move on for the sake of healing, or saying that actually, the riot was the left's fault. But while some Republicans are positioning themselves as honest and reasonable by condemning the riot and recognizing that it was sparked by lies about voter fraud, their party's actions and policy priorities tell a very different story. Because as our nation remains rocked by an attack on the heart of our democracy, Republicans are using the same baseless lies that fueled it to push a staggering number of laws to scale back voting rights.