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Black Caucus Slams Artur Davis Ahead of Speech
http://atr.rollcall.com/black-caucus-slams-artur-davis-ahead-of-speech/Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are accusing former Rep. Artur Davis of “transparent opportunism” ahead of his speech to the Republican National Convention, scheduled for this evening.
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The letter, signed by 14 CBC members, accuses Davis of distorting Obama’s record and flip-flopping on “core principles you once held dear.”
“We can only conclude that, rather than a true conversion, your actions are the result of a nakedly personal and political calculation or simmering anguish after failing to secure the Democratic nomination for governor of the State of Alabama in 2010,” the members wrote.
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They also called his support for voter identification laws “unconscionable” after he joined then-Sen. Obama in seeking the resignation of the Justice Department’s voting rights chief after he said such laws do not hurt minorities.
