Heads We Lose, Tails They Win: Closing the Census Loophole

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman August Pfluger penned a new must-read op-ed in The Daily Wire highlighting the fraud and inaccuracies in the recent census, calling it  "a constitutional crisis unlike any in modern times.”

Chairman Pfluger explains how his newly announced COUNT Act will close loopholes exploited by Democrats to overcount the populations of left-leaning states, and to expand Congressional seats in blue states by counting illegal aliens for the purposes of determining Congressional apportionment. The legislation, which is co-led by Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC), codified a key executive order issued by President Trump during his first term that aimed to restore credibility and truth to the census.

A snippet from the piece is below:

“The COUNT Act (Citizen Only Updated National Tally Act) will create a block-level citizenship database, implementing a mandate that will require the Census Bureau to collect legitimate, verifiable citizenship data. This ensures, for the first time, that the bureau has the necessary information to ensure that only American citizens are counted in future censuses for the purpose of determining access to federal grant money and congressional apportionment. And while President Trump’s executive order in his first term was a critical step to ensure an accurate and legitimate decennial census, codification through my legislation is essential to prevent the census from being weaponized against Republicans in the future.”