The Big Lie at the Heart of Republican Electoral Strategy

Senate Republicans appear increasingly determined to force the Democrats to conduct a “talking filibuster” as the only way they can delay or derail the Republicans’ SAVE Act, which requires aspiring voters to produce birth certificates or passports when registering to vote, as well as official photo IDs when they arrive at the polls. As in days of yore and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Democrats will have to hold the floor without pause, talking round the clock, to keep that weed-out-possible-Democratic-voters...