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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 05:22 PM Mar 2015

Mitch McConnell’s Message To Minorities On Selma Anniversary: Your Vote Won’t Count

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Mitch McConnell’s Message To Minorities On Selma Anniversary: Your Vote Won’t Count
By: Jason Easley

When asked about the Voting Rights Act on Face The Nation, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s message to minority voters was that he has no interest in making sure that their votes will count.

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Transcript via Face The Nation: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/03/08/mitch-mcconnells-message-minorities-selma-anniversary-vote-count.html

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That was a big no on restoring The Voting Rights Act from Sen. McConnell. Mitch McConnell has repeatedly dodged any questions about the Voting Rights Act. His answer on Face The Nation was to claim that the law is still intact. The problem is that the Voting Rights Act is not intact. It was gutted by the Supreme Court. The shell of what remains is called the Voting Rights Act, but it a law with no teeth.

McConnell tried to dodge the question after the Supreme Court decision, but he gave away his position when he said, “Well, I haven’t read [the decision] yet. Obviously, it is an important bill that passed back in the sixties, at a time when we had a very different America than we have today. […] I think I’m just going to have to read it first, but I would say that I do think America is very different from what it was in the 1960s.”

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Mitch McConnell’s Message To Minorities On Selma Anniversary: Your Vote Won’t Count (Original Post) Panich52 Mar 2015 OP
To continue to steal elections, they have to destroy our democracy and our rights NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #1
Kickin' Faux pas Mar 2015 #2
We live in times unlike any since the restoration of the Union in 1865. gordianot Mar 2015 #3
We certainly do have a different America today randr Mar 2015 #4
This. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #7
Mitch McBigot Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #5
Someone must have slipped him a truth serum. Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #6

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
1. To continue to steal elections, they have to destroy our democracy and our rights
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 05:25 PM
Mar 2015

It is the ONLY way they can win

gordianot

(15,238 posts)
3. We live in times unlike any since the restoration of the Union in 1865.
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 05:34 PM
Mar 2015

McConnell is in the wrong century. This time disenfranchisement will come with a heavy cost.

randr

(12,412 posts)
4. We certainly do have a different America today
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 06:14 PM
Mar 2015

In the sixties the bigots and racists hid from public view, disguised as lunatics in sheets.
Today they sit in the halls of Congress.

sheshe2

(83,765 posts)
7. This.
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 07:09 PM
Mar 2015
In the sixties the bigots and racists hid from public view, disguised as lunatics in sheets.
Today they sit in the halls of Congress.
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