McConnell Declares 'No Serious Barriers To Voting Anymore Anywhere In America'

[Stuart G]

Source: Talking Points Memo:

ByTierney Sneed ,June 1, 2016, 5:41 PM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) dismissed the efforts to restore the Voting Rights Act after it was gutted by 2013 Supreme Court decision.

“A lot of this in my view doesn’t have anything to do with anything other than their estimation of what would give them an electoral advantage,” McConnell told USA Today, suggesting the efforts were motivated by Democratic partisanship. “It’s not really about knocking down barriers. There are no serious barriers to voting anymore anywhere in America.”

Nevertheless, McConnell told USA Today that he agreed with the 2013 Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder. The ruling invalidated the formula in the law that determined which states, based on their history of racist election procedures, were required to get federal approval for any changes in voting regulations.

Since the decision, there's been a slew of restrictive voting laws passed by states previously covered by the provision, many of which are now being challenged in court.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mcconnell-voting-rights-act

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Mc Connell like Trump....racist assholes..
Both know what is going on, and they support it....

Both of Them...Rot in Hell..

[Dont call me Shirley]

1. Mitch fully unclothes his delusion.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. McConnell and his Senate GOP Court Dodgers!

Sounds like something is eating at his sorry soul.

Might I suggest ... The place they don't vote, Senator McConnell, is in the Senate
on the President's Supreme Court nominees.

This is subliminal political cover. GOP often twists and turns an issue and resurfaces
it elsewhere in another context, all giving themselves cover on the issue. We don't have
to worry about not voting, everyone votes, remember?

McConnell and his Senate GOP Court Dodgers!

[Journeyman]

3. And I'm certain McConnell would have no trouble voting where ever he happened to reside . . .

[Xipe Totec]

4. Knocking barriers would only give an electoral advantage,

if the barriers generated an electoral disadvantage to begin with.

Mitch should have no fear of removing the barriers, if the barriers did not disenfranchise one select group of voters over another.

But they did.

[Jeb Bartlet]

5. If he means

no serious barriers to voting for white middle class people in Democratic leaning states he is quite correct. He is of course ignoring the glaring fact that Republican states have done everything they can to make voting as difficult as possible for people of color, the elderly and students. Not really surprised though he is after all a Republican and everything he says is pure garbage by definition.

[mountain grammy]

6. OK, all fixed. SCOTUS said it too

and there's nothing on the "news," so Mitch must have it right. Keep repeating the lies and they become the truth and the American media is on board.

[jpak]

7. Lyin' Mitch - he raises his bible high

and then he lies...

yup

[atreides1]

10. Not sure that's a Bible

Might be a baggie of a white powdered substance, from one of his father-in-law's cargo ships!!!

[ananda]

8. Nothing could be further from the truth here in Texas.

nt

[Hulk]

9. This idiot is a disgrace...

Thank God he'll be history in January of 2017 as Head of the Senate. What a disgraceful jack ass and shallow empty suit.

[Paladin]

11. Take a hike, loser.

History's verdict is in on you, McConnell. You're nothing.

[Ford_Prefect]

12. Newspeak 2.0

I say it is so therefore it must be.

[Scuba]

13. If Republicans really believed America is a center-right country, they'd want everyone to vote.