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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 02:58 PM Mar 2015

DNC Attacks Scott Walker For Fundraising Off Voter ID Law

Source: TPM

WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee harshly condemned 2016 presidential hopeful Gov. Scott Walker for fundraising off a controversial voter ID law he enacted in Wisconsin.

"It’s unbelievable that Gov. Walker would seek to capitalize financially off of the potential disenfranchisement of Wisconsin voters," Michael Tyler, DNC's director of African American media, said in a statement provided first to TPM. "While we've come to expect cynical tactics restricting voting access from Republican leaders across the country, it's truly incredible that some are now using them as fundraising opportunities."

Tyler added: "Those who might be inclined to make a contribution off of such a cynical ploy should remember that in Wisconsin, more Scott Walker aides have been indicted than people have been convicted of voter impersonation. Scott Walker should be ashamed of himself."

In a fundraising email to supporters sent on Wednesday, the Republican governor hailed as "great news" the Supreme Court's decision to reject a challenge to the Wisconsin law he enacted in 2011, which requires voters to show government-issued photo ID before they vote.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/dnc-scott-walker-voter-id

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DNC Attacks Scott Walker For Fundraising Off Voter ID Law (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2015 OP
Craven bastards Praek3 Mar 2015 #1
So low we call him Snake Walker. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #2
I like Faux pas Mar 2015 #4
Yeah, a snake is too refined a creature to be compared to a slimy snotbag. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #5
lol you are Faux pas Mar 2015 #6
His base loves his punishment of "those people." Scuba Mar 2015 #3

Praek3

(149 posts)
1. Craven bastards
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 03:11 PM
Mar 2015

All this shows us is how low Scott Walker is willing to stoop for his personal gain. Again, Scott Walker is the crap that cockroaches scrape off their feet before entering the house.

His corporate special-interest financiers show no remorse for driving our state and nation into the ground. Their craven addiction to profit at ANY cost knows no bounds.

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