Senate Republican Leader Calls Democrats’ Sweeping Election Reform Bill a Federal ‘Takeover’

(L-R) Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) speak to the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Nov. 10, 2020. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said that Senate Bill 1 (S.1)—the For the People Act of 2021—is an attempt by Democrats to control the outcome of future elections by taking power away from state election officials.

“There’s no rational basis for a federal government takeover of all 50 states’ elections,” McConnell said in a social media statement Tuesday.