Representative Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) held nothing back in condemning the recent decision by the Supreme Court in Watson v. Republican National Committee about mail-in voting.
The Case and Decision
Mississippi has an election law that allows the collection of mail-in ballots as long as they are postmarked by and received within five days of election day. The Republican National Committee (RNC) led a lawsuit arguing that the federal establishment of a single Election Day to collect votes preempts this law.
In a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court took Mississippi's side, holding that states may count ballots postmarked on Election Day but received later, so long as state law already permits it.
Hamadeh's Response
Replying to SCOTUS Wire's post on the decision, Rep. Hamadeh wrote, "Remember Election Day? This disastrous SCOTUS decision, authored by Justice Barrett, guarantees we'll keep drifting away from it — as our sacred elections get bogged down by endless mail-in ballots and never-ending counts."
In a follow-up post, Rep. Hamadeh continued, "The Left learned after the Supreme Court failed to stop the 2020 steal that they could weaponize mail-in ballots with zero consequences. The Watson decision confirms the Court has fully abdicated the fight for election integrity."
"The courts won't save us—Congress must fill the void. The Save America Act isn't revolutionary; it's common sense. Without basic safeguards, what's the point of our elections?" the Arizona congressman concluded.
Hamadeh similarly excoriated Senate Republicans for not passing the SAVE America Act earlier in June, writing, "It's not Trump these Senate Republicans hate—it's their own voters."
"Voters sent them to Washington, DC, with a clear mandate: Help President Trump secure their right to vote," the congressman continued. "Yet they refuse to pass the SAVE America Act. Every fraudulent vote they allow is a direct assault on every lawful voter. This isn't negligence—it's contempt. If they won't fight for the people who put them in office, they don't belong there."
