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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 05:15 PM Apr 2016

Watch Giddy Republican Congressman Confirm Voter ID Is Meant To Hurt Democrats

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/04/06/watch-giddy-republican-congressman-confirm-voter-id-is-meant-to-hurt-democrats-video/

A giddy Wisconsin Republican Congressman was perhaps still buzzing from Ted Cruz’s victory in the state’s primary when he accidentally let the cat out of the bag about his party’s use of voter ID laws. Speaking with a reporter at Serb Hall, where Cruz delivered his victory speech, Rep. Glenn Grothman said he was very confident about his party’s chances in November because they have voter ID laws as the ace up their sleeve.

For those wondering why this is a big deal, please remember that Republicans have repeatedly tried to keep this obvious fact under the radar. Thanks to Grothman the bell has been rung. The genie is out of the bottle. Republicans are using racist and discriminatory laws of their own design to keep Democrats away from the polls as a pillar of their election strategy.

When asked about a Republican nominee’s chances in a general election, Grothman didn’t hesitate to give credit where it was due: His party’s efforts to make it harder to vote.
“Well, I think Hillary Clinton is about the weakest candidate the Democrats have ever put up and now we have photo ID. I think photo ID is going to a little bit of a difference as well.”

This confirms what many political observers have been saying all along. The Republicans who push for stronger voter ID laws under the pretext to stop (nonexistent) voter fraud are using it as a cudgel to strongarm Democratic voters out of the voting booths. Given the fact that these laws almost invariably affect poor, often minority voters, this means two things: Democrats are being prevented for voting for the candidates who they would like to, and Republicans can continue to ignore the plight of the poor because they have been systematically disenfranchised.


Giddy? The guy from Rush is a Republican congressman?
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Watch Giddy Republican Congressman Confirm Voter ID Is Meant To Hurt Democrats (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2016 OP
Same here in NC. PLEASE, people of DU, work on GOTV efforts in your state, and blm Apr 2016 #1
The cruel are seldom smart enough to hide their cruelty. HuckleB Apr 2016 #2
Hide it? staggerleem Apr 2016 #10
My candidate refers to them as cowards. SamKnause Apr 2016 #3
elections should be nationalized saturnsring Apr 2016 #4
Not funny, really... ms liberty Apr 2016 #5
And, just to complete the lesson ... staggerleem Apr 2016 #11
Everyone, including the courts, know that these new voter ID laws were to restrict voting. Dustlawyer Apr 2016 #6
Or make damn sure that we keep democrats in the White House ... staggerleem Apr 2016 #12
Our Party is just as corrupt ad the Republicans. Dustlawyer Apr 2016 #13
Alas, this is not a smoking gun Jim Lane Apr 2016 #7
Thanks for the laughter. mahina Apr 2016 #17
I used to live in Glenn's district when he was a state Senator. He's the guy who said "money is ... Scuba Apr 2016 #8
It is obvious. Bad Dog Apr 2016 #9
Reminds me of this Romneybot Snarkoleptic Apr 2016 #14
Voter ID didn't come to PA, though. n/t Herman4747 Apr 2016 #20
That goofball wrongly seemed to think he had the inside track on a lot of things. Snarkoleptic Apr 2016 #21
for people who don't want to go to the link passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #15
Well he is right about one thing. mahina Apr 2016 #16
in a democracy, impeding voters should be a federal crime. spanone Apr 2016 #18
They keep calling this a Republic.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2016 #19

blm

(113,091 posts)
1. Same here in NC. PLEASE, people of DU, work on GOTV efforts in your state, and
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 05:27 PM
Apr 2016

if you live in a safe blue state, then please consider supporting GOTV efforts in purple states like Wisconsin, NC, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Iowa, Ohio and Florida.

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)
3. My candidate refers to them as cowards.
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 05:35 PM
Apr 2016

My candidate says if they can not win without suppressing the votes,

the cowards should find another job.

I agree with my candidate.

ms liberty

(8,596 posts)
5. Not funny, really...
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 07:30 PM
Apr 2016

"The guy from Rush is a Republican congressman?"
The name is Geddy...a first name, coined because his mother (and father too, who passed when he was a kid) is a German Jew and Holocaust survivor. His real name is Gary, and when she would call out for him as a kid, it sounded like she was saying Geddy, not Gary, so his friends made it a nickname and it stuck. In Rush fandom he is known as Ged, or alternately, Dirk, another nickname that is particular to the world of Rush. And none of them are RWNJ's, either, and never actually were!

Dustlawyer

(10,497 posts)
6. Everyone, including the courts, know that these new voter ID laws were to restrict voting.
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 07:42 PM
Apr 2016

It still hasn't made a difference when SCOTUS has upheld many of them. We have had other Republicans let this cat out of the bag before and nothing happens. Nothing will happen either unless we come out in mass against them, or better yet, come out and insist on Publicly Funded Elections.

 

staggerleem

(469 posts)
12. Or make damn sure that we keep democrats in the White House ...
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 01:30 PM
Apr 2016

... who will appoint democrats to the SCOTUS & the appelate courts.

Note the use of the SMALL-d above - talking about those who support principles and policies that support and enhance democracy, and not necessarily the big-d Democratic party. Something tells me that folks like Rahm Emmanuel might support these ID laws.

Dustlawyer

(10,497 posts)
13. Our Party is just as corrupt ad the Republicans.
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 02:35 PM
Apr 2016

That leaves me supporting the few Dems like Warren and also Bernie. It's the Democratic principles I support, and the Democratic Party no longer does.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
7. Alas, this is not a smoking gun
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 02:10 AM
Apr 2016

It's perfectly consistent with the standard Republican drivel about voting fraud.

Do you remember 2012, when the "unskewed" polls showed Romney ahead, but then Obama won in the official count? Well, there are people on Free Republic who assert, with all sincerity, that voting fraud was the difference. There were busloads of illegal immigrants who were brought from one polling place to another, all voting fraudulently at each, and that's how Obama won. Some will add that it was orchestrated by ACORN, which of course had by then ceased to exist.

I'll note in passing that a lot of those people have guns. I wouldn't even trust them with a toaster.

Anyway, this Congresscritter's statement just riffs on the long-standing lie about voting fraud. Photo ID will make a difference because now all those immigrants can't cast multiple votes pretending to be someone else. The people who believe in the busloads-of-immigrants theory won't be swayed by this clip.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
8. I used to live in Glenn's district when he was a state Senator. He's the guy who said "money is ...
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 08:59 AM
Apr 2016

... not important to women" and "being a single parent is child abuse."

He's an asshole of the highest order.

Bad Dog

(2,025 posts)
9. It is obvious.
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 01:02 PM
Apr 2016

But don't expect the party faithful to stop spouting the bullshit, (and believing it too!)

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