The GOP’s increasingly blunt argument: It needs voting restrictions to win

Finchem’s argument is apparently that he would root out the kinds of voter fraud which he has baselessly claimed, and thus the elections would more accurately reflect his state. It’s a clarification that some of the above have provided, including Ralston and Graham. The idea is that this is not about electoral gain, per se, but rather that electoral gain would be a byproduct of increased election integrity. That’s a bogus argument, given we have no evidence of actual widespread fraud, but at least it’s a bogus argument that doesn’t revolve around tailoring public policy for electoral expediency.