Many Democrats have made "Voter suppression" their rallying cry, accusing Republicans of undermining the right to vote.
Former President Barack Obama invoked voter suppression in a fundraising appeal for a Democratic dark-money group, attacking "Bad-faith politicians"-of which party you can guess-who "Try to silence your voice." Former Attorney General Eric Holder echoed him, decrying the "Blatant voter disenfranchisement" the GOP unleashed in Georgia.
Texas state Sen. Royce West, who's seeking the party's U.S. Senate nomination, cited Georgia in declaring "The GOP knows their only path to victory involves suppressing the vote." Vice presidential hopeful Stacey Abrams blamed Georgia's Republican secretary of state for the "Unmitigated disaster" in the primary.
When Kentucky officials announced that Tuesday's primary would be held with fewer than 200 polling locations rather than the normal 3,700, even King James-basketball legend LeBron-tweeted, "This is SYSTEMATIC RACISM and OPPRESSION. So angry man." He'd earlier written that Georgia's primary raised the question "If how we vote is also structurally racist."
In Kentucky, the reduction in the number of precincts and expansion of mail-in voting were both due to coronavirus concerns detailed in an executive order signed by the state's Democratic governor, Andy Beshear.
If Democrats want to keep crying "Voter suppression," they should direct their complaints to the local governments involved, starting with the Democrats running Fulton and DeKalb counties.
We should be worried about them, not false cries of voter suppression.
Former President Barack Obama invoked voter suppression in a fundraising appeal for a Democratic dark-money group, attacking "Bad-faith politicians"-of which party you can guess-who "Try to silence your voice." Former Attorney General Eric Holder echoed him, decrying the "Blatant voter disenfranchisement" the GOP unleashed in Georgia.
Texas state Sen. Royce West, who's seeking the party's U.S. Senate nomination, cited Georgia in declaring "The GOP knows their only path to victory involves suppressing the vote." Vice presidential hopeful Stacey Abrams blamed Georgia's Republican secretary of state for the "Unmitigated disaster" in the primary.
When Kentucky officials announced that Tuesday's primary would be held with fewer than 200 polling locations rather than the normal 3,700, even King James-basketball legend LeBron-tweeted, "This is SYSTEMATIC RACISM and OPPRESSION. So angry man." He'd earlier written that Georgia's primary raised the question "If how we vote is also structurally racist."
In Kentucky, the reduction in the number of precincts and expansion of mail-in voting were both due to coronavirus concerns detailed in an executive order signed by the state's Democratic governor, Andy Beshear.
If Democrats want to keep crying "Voter suppression," they should direct their complaints to the local governments involved, starting with the Democrats running Fulton and DeKalb counties.
We should be worried about them, not false cries of voter suppression.
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