Sen. Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulDemocrats look to diversify ranks in bid to keep Senate Twitter's Marjorie Taylor Greene ban fuels GOP attacks on 'Big Tech' Hillicon Valley — GOP leader criticizes Twitter over Greene ban MORE (R- Ky.) suggested last month that, despite a lack of evidence, he now knows how the Democrats stole the 2020 election from President TrumpDonald TrumpJim Jordan rejects Jan.

According to the Brennan Center for Justice, at least 19 states passed 34 laws to restrict voting access last year. Republican politicians in those states were driven to change the rules by Trump-inspired suspicions about voter fraud.

Now, Senate Democrats are trying to expose this sinister logic.

That means the GOP can use a filibuster to stop passage of a voting rights bill.

Joe ManchinJoe ManchinSALT change on ice in the Senate Clyburn knocks Manchin for arguing voting rights vote must be bipartisan Lawmakers take stock of election laws in wake of Jan.

6 anniversary White House sees clock ticking on voting rights push Schumer makes plea for voting bill, filibuster reform in rare Friday session MORE (Ariz.) — are reluctant to change the chamber’s rules even if it is about something that should be a golden principle of democracy: protecting voting rights.

6 Watch Live: Schumer, Senate Democrats hold press conference MORE (D-Ga.). ?

“Our democracy is in peril, and time is running out,” Warnock said last week in calling for passage of the voting rights law.

But Warnock’s likely opponent in the upcoming race for his Senate seat opposes the laws.

Herschel Walker, a Republican who is endorsed by Trump, said he is against the John LewisJohn LewisMichelle Obama announces push to register 1 million new voters ahead of midterms Clyburn knocks Manchin for arguing voting rights vote must be bipartisan Lawmakers take stock of election laws in wake of Jan.

Lewis, a civil rights icon who served for more than 30 years in the House of Representatives, devoted his life to protecting voting rights.

Now it is time for all Senate Democrats — and Republicans willing to step outside the Trump cult — to preserve voting rights for all against a deceitful, violent effort to end American democracy