One way to aid the Republican Party is to suppress the African-American vote. One way to do that is to gut the Voting Rights Act and allow southern states, now firmly in the Republican camp, to fiddle with voting requirements.
In a case now before the Supreme Court, Justice Scalia said that the portion of the Voting Rights Act under review was a “perpetuation of racial entitlement.” We are talking about the right to vote.
People were tortured and killed fighting for the right of African Americans to vote. I can still name some of them. Now this smug racist on the Supreme Court talks about “racial entitlement.” The right to vote is not a racial entitlement, it is a right. And if you think that Republicans won’t try to suppress the black vote, look at the Republican plan in Pennsylvania to allocate Electoral College votes by Congressional District.
Justice Roberts asked if the Southern states were more racist than the rest of the country. Probably not. Instead of overturning the Voting Rights Act, we should extend it to all the states, including Pennsylvania, which may need its provisions more than Mississippi.
Why do we have to keep refighting these battles? I am really getting tried of this crap.
Republicans will Never let up! That is why we must continue our opposition to their racist stupidity.
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