Dems Want To Lower Voting Age Due To Student Anti-Gun Activism

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Jim Mone

If you’re a political party who didn’t get the gains you expected during the midterm elections, what can you do?

Well, you could probably stop pushing a radical agenda and recognize that most Americans aren’t all that interested in embracing socialism. Or, you could do what some Democrats seem to be doing and find ways to grow the voter base in demographics you believe are sympathetic to your policies.

Normally, Democrats try to pretend that they’re doing that for noble reasons, but a couple of legislators haven’t been as circumspect. You see, they pretty much admit they want to lower the voting age to 16 because student activists are so anti-gun.

H.R. 1, a massive voting rights/election security/campaign finance/ethics bill now making its way through the House of Representatives, would make “significant changes to the operation of federal elections by states,” according to a summary produced by the Congressional Budget Office.

The bill does not allow 16-year-olds to vote, but Democrats are offering amendments that would do just that.

Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) introduced their amendments Tuesday night before the House Rules Committee. Both lawmakers pointed to the activism of young gun control …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms