Texas NAACP President Accuses Republicans Of Using COVID-19 To Suppress Voting

The head of the Texas NAACP accused Republicans of preparing to use the COVID-19 pandemic as part of a massive voter suppression effort. The civil rights leader made his accusation Tuesday during the online Texas Democratic Convention.

Texas NAACP president Gary Bledsoe spoke during a panel discussion on protecting the vote in 2020. “One thing that I want to say at the beginning, though, is that we’re going to see the greatest voter suppression effort in the history of our country this time,” he said.

Bledsoe noted that African Americans and Latinos, by the nature of where they live and work, are more likely to contract COVID-19 than Anglo voters.

“I think the COVID-19 pandemic is going to become an offensive tool, and that offensive tool is going to be used as an attempt to try and suppress votes,” Bledsoe said.

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