Republicans Reach Out to Minorities by Celebrating Vote Suppression

This week’s Republican attempt to reach out to minorities was the latest lesson in how to become less popular than dog poop

Credit them for figuring out that winning elections means reaching voters beyond the angry white bubba base. The execution, however, was an epic fail. For one thing, newly Tea Partied North Carolina made all sorts of headlines that only reinforced the image that the Tea Republicans have … issues with racial minorities. During the same week that Republicans talked about reaching out to racial minorities, the state of North Carolina was in court defending a law designed to suppress votes by minorities. One of the best ways to roll out a widen the tent strategy in your state is to tell your AG to zip it about the suppression part of the vote suppression law.

This was followed up with Don Yelton’s , tell all interview on the Daily show. The DOJ really ought to include the video of this guy in their court challenges of NC’s and Texas’ voter suppression laws. Between the racial slurs and stereotypes, Yelton parrots Greg Abbott’s claim that vote suppression laws are not racist because they are designed to give Republicans an electoral advantage. Even if one is devoid of common sense or just hasn’t been paying attention, Yelton’s comments prove that in the case of the Republican Party, laws designed to give them an “electoral advantage” can also satisfy a racist motive.

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