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JohnnyRingo

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11. The last vestige of Jim Crow.

Reply to dajoki (Original post)

Tue Mar 2, 2021, 11:31 AM

Mar 2021

This what we get when we allow state governments to write their own election laws. Some states will plot to prevent minorities from voting.

I expect a flurry of rules that exclude felons and welfare recipients in republican led states. Trump specifically mentioned both groups being allowed to vote as disgusting.

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McConnell asks the Supreme Court to obliterate the Voting Rights Act [View all] dajoki Mar 2021 OP

"Oh what a tangled web we weave, . . . Iliyah Mar 2021 #1

McTurtle... the man the party of voter suppression.. The only way they can win is to cheat! nt mitch96 Mar 2021 #3

If the shoe were on the other foot.... Omnipresent Mar 2021 #2

Just crpak you old racist fool malaise Mar 2021 #4

and just another reason to do away with the filibuster, working with this fascist pig is political yaesu Mar 2021 #5

I would think the right to vote supersedes all others Buckeyeblue Mar 2021 #6

McConnell needs to be stricken with severe ass fungus Klondike Kat Mar 2021 #7

Why ask forgiveness for speaking the truth? Autumn Mar 2021 #13

I think massive demonstrations are in order Hoochie Coochie Man Mar 2021 #8

Agree. ananda Mar 2021 #9

It's time to end the filibuster, encourage DC and Puerto Rico statehood kacekwl Mar 2021 #10

The last vestige of Jim Crow. JohnnyRingo Mar 2021 #11

HR 1 should include all future elections will be by mail-in ballots only. KS Toronado Mar 2021 #12

McConnell is uglier inside then outside... Tommymac Mar 2021 #14

It becomes more imperative that we end the filibuster FlyingPiggy Mar 2021 #15

I've felt that way for years n/t dajoki Mar 2021 #16

These people are evil. EndlessWire Mar 2021 #17

Sounds like they are going to do it... we need HR 1 NOW! budkin Mar 2021 #18