Print Column: Congressional Hearing on Voter ID Was a Shame and a Sham
MINOT, N.D. — You probably read some headlines this weekabout a congressional hearing, hosted on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, at which North Dakota’s voter ID laws were characterized as a calculated effort to suppress Native American voters.
In truth the field hearing was a sham. A partisan stunt choreographed to produce the very headlines you read.
Before the hearing I interviewed Rep. Rodney Davis, the only Republican member of the committee, for my podcast.
“I hope it’s not a political rally,” he told me at the time.
I can’t speak for Rep. Davis, but I don’t think he got his wish.
