Clyburn Joins Ranks of Democrat Flip-Floppers on Voter ID

South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn joins a growing chorus of Democrats who say they support voter ID after previously claiming that it was "Suppression."

In a weekend interview on CNN, Clyburn flat-out lied that he has "Always" supported voter ID. The issue forcing Clyburn's hand is H.R. 1, a House bill that would subvert constitutional guarantees recognizing the states' power to run their own elections.

The survey asked respondents whether "In general" they "Support or oppose requiring voters to show a photo ID in order to vote." Among respondents, 62 percent of Democrats said they support requiring photo ID, while the number rose to 87 percent among Independents and 91 percent among Republicans.

The real reason that Clyburn lied to CNN viewers is that Manchin has floated sticking voter ID into the Senate version of H.R.1 as a compromise measure.

As recently as April - when it looked like the Senate might somehow get the bill passed - Clyburn had been on the attack against Manchin and voter ID. Back then, Clyburn said he was "Insulted" by Manchin's compromise efforts, and played the race card for good measure.

For years, then-Pastor Raphael Warnock, now a senator from Georgia, claimed ID laws were a form of "Voter suppression" so "Unnecessary and unjustifiable" that they amount to "Dismember[ing]" Martin Luther King Jr. Now he lies, "I have never been opposed to voter ID. And in fact, I don't know anybody who is."

More than the glee you get from watching Democrats embrace a commonsense measure is this little thought: If their own constituents support voter ID so much that top Dems are doing backflips to support it, maybe that means they haven't yet corrupted our elections as badly as we've feared.

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2021/07/05/clyburn-joins-ranks-of-democrat-flip-floppers-on-voter-id-n1459165