Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said on Monday that Democrats showed their true intentions late last week by voting against his amendment that would ban illegal aliens from being included in the U.S. Census for the purposes of being counted toward the apportionment of U.S. House seats and Electoral College votes.
In a 45-51 vote, not a single Democratic senator supported his amendment. Since the vote, two of the four senators who missed the vote have voted in favor of it, bringing the tally to 47-51.
Hagerty signaled that he believes the other two senators who missed the vote may also vote “yes” on it. Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski is the only Republican senator to vote against it.
“I think that this proves the motive behind the crime on our border,” Hagerty said during an interview on Fox Business. “They want these illegal migrants in here to create more electoral power for them in…
