In a breathtaking display of political gymnastics, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, has launched a bewildering offensive against former President Donald Trump. Her target? The very real and growing national alarm over illegal voting, a crisis glaringly exposed within her own state's borders.

This bold strategy comes after Sherrill herself disclosed that not only were 6,600 non-citizens registered to vote in New Jersey, but a shocking 400 of them actually cast ballots.

True to the Democrat playbook, Governor Sherrill attempted to shift blame to a voting technology firm, citing a software "glitch" that supposedly registered non-citizens as eligible voters.

"The new MVC Administrator that I appointed has begun the process of replacing the vendor responsible for administering the system," she declared in a statement. Because, of course, the problem couldn't possibly lie with the state's own oversight.

Just one problem, as RedState astutely reported: The election vendor, IDEMIA, essentially told the governor her claims were out of touch with reality.

"IDEMIA’s role is to transmit information through the motor vehicle system. The voter registration information is transmitted to the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Elections, which is ultimately responsible for verifying eligibility to vote," the company noted. "Information submitted by IDEMIA must still be validated and adjudicated by the Division of Elections."

Whoops. The buck, it turns out, stops squarely with New Jersey election officials, not the vendor.

Yet, Sherrill's masterclass in deflection wouldn’t be complete without a familiar villain getting dragged into New Jersey's election woes. It’s a tune every American has heard before: "This orange-complexioned president has been the sole source of blame for countless Democrat scandals."

If you guessed "Who is Donald Trump?" then give yourself a round of applause.

Here is Governor Sherrill in a Thursday rant that sounded more unhinged than the doors at Home Depot:

For those needing an English-to-English translation, her statement reads:

We move very quickly because the people of New Jersey obviously deserve accountability and transparency.

We're running an independent investigation right now to get to the bottom of exactly how this happened and what's going on.

But, you know, it is not a surprise to me that the federal government, that the Trump administration, wants to immediately weaponize this against people as opposed to focusing on making sure that we're running free and fair elections. That's my focus.

I would say, again, that Trump has done more to undermine our election system than anyone in my lifetime, including Vladimir Putin. He has attacked the 2020 election, which he ran. He has also sent out an insurrection against us when we were trying to certify that election. He then has defunded all the ways in which we protect and keep our elections safe.

So, contrary to what he's doing here in New Jersey, we are focused on running fair elections and getting to the bottom of what took place.

Oh, we have "gotten to the bottom of it," Governor Sherrill. New Jersey has a gaping hole in its voting integrity, a problem that Democrats like you seem to have no genuine interest in solving.

You would think that election "bugs" are now a feature, not a flaw, in the modern Democrat election system.

After all, whenever you mention "voter ID" to a Democrat, you typically get a reaction akin to Linda Blair in The Exorcist.

Despite the fact that over 80 percent of Americans support common-sense voter IDs, Democrats grasp at more straws than a McDonald's drive-thru attendant to claim it's "racist" or "sexist" or some other "-ist." And that, they argue, is why we need elections less secure than Angola's.

Sherrill, predictably, cried foul about DOJ "weaponization" because the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Harmeet Dhillon, has opened an investigation into what actually happened. The horror! An investigation into blatant voter irregularity.

Why the histrionics? Because Dhillon had the audacity to ask how the state government could leave the door wide open to potential voter disenfranchisement. Instead of respecting the DOJ inquiry and the intelligence of American voters, Sherrill launched into a tendentious broadside against all of her perceived attackers—even throwing in the Russia Hoax for good measure.

If you can't pound the facts, pound the table. Or more aptly, pound on Trump. But this worn-out playbook is yielding diminishing returns, especially when it comes to issues like voting integrity. Scapegoating works best for partisan squabbles, not real issues that demand actual solutions.

So "blame Trump" isn't going to change the fact that New Jersey is running elections demonstrably liable to errors and fraud.

And it's also not going to work because President Trump is actively pushing to reform our elections to align with standards once agreed upon even by Democrats: paper ballots, voter IDs, and single-day voting.

It looks even worse when 30 states are fighting like cornered wolverines to keep their dirty voter rolls under wraps. If New Jersey is willing to openly admit to hundreds of illegal voters, imagine how truly abysmal the situation must be in states like Illinois and California.

Screeching Democrats like Mikie Sherrill are, in essence, giving the game away: 'Don't ask to see our voter rolls. No, we don't know how many illegal voters there are. If you ask, you're weaponizing the government.'

No, Governor, we are trying to de-weaponize the government and restore it to the hands of the American people. That means unwavering commitment to election security and ensuring free and fair elections, for every legal vote. It means passing the SAVE America Act, and holding accountable those who fail to protect our most sacred democratic right.