A GOP lawyer admitted flat out to Supreme Court that voter suppression is necessary to help Republicans win elections.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 3, 2021
Republicans actually have a long history of admitting to this right out in the open. Some choice examples here, in my book:https://t.co/015MYjfRHb pic.twitter.com/Xf511YUuqe
In 2024, for 1st time, Millennials and Gen Z (born after 81) will exceed baby boom & older (born before 64) as a % of eligible voters. But the wave of GOP voter suppression in red states could blunt their political emergence. Here's why. https://t.co/lkHxuDSmbm
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 2, 2021
Remember when John Roberts and four other Supreme Court justices gutted the Voting Rights Act because they said America had fixed all the racism? It doesn’t look so fixed with dozens of state legislatures considering voter suppression legislation to keep Black people from voting. pic.twitter.com/DYSentJeJr
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 2, 2021
“We are seeing the weaponization of Trump's Big Lie. All around the country, Republicans are pointing to the fact that so many of their voters believe the election was stolen as a reason to cut back on voting.”
— Alli Hedges Maser (@AllisonLHedges) March 2, 2021
– @AriBerman on the 200+ GOP proposals to curtail voting pic.twitter.com/C8FVjR40wN
The Republican Party is all in on being a vote-suppression machine in behalf of a minority party. @JVLast https://t.co/PMWWBUeLTt
— Todd Gitlin (@toddgitlin) March 2, 2021
"Their top political goal — voter suppression — is the only means by which they seek to capture power…In dozens of states, Republicans are frantic to enact voting restrictions…It is arguably the only public cause that truly excites them." https://t.co/JZppwcj5bY
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 1, 2021
None of the GOP proposals are random. They are precisely targeting the voters who support their opponents. https://t.co/NKV6Ad6nuH
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) March 1, 2021
They mean business. "The avalanche of legislation raises fundamental questions about a minority of voters exerting majority control in US politics, with Rs winning the pop vote in 1 of the last 8 pres elections but filling 6 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court.https://t.co/rFKKYaFIpw
— Todd Gitlin (@toddgitlin) February 27, 2021
Republicans on Georgia’s Senate Ethics Committee just voted to repeal automatic voter registration, which 5 million of state’s 7.6 million voters used to register. More egregious voter suppression in Georgia
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 26, 2021
I am currently tracking voter suppression legislation in:
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) February 26, 2021
🗳️Arizona
🗳️Georgia
🗳️Iowa
🗳️New Hampshire
🗳️Missouri
🗳️Montana
🗳️Pennsylvania
🗳️Texas
This is a terrible new reality that I really hope there is the energy and commitment to fight.
You've probably heard about Georgia's proposed voting restrictions. Here's exactly what they would do and what their chances of passing are. https://t.co/gSoO5zUm6X
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) February 25, 2021
#NEW As of February 19th, Republican lawmakers from 45 different states have introduced over 250 new bills to restrict access to voting, a roughly 7x increase over proposals at this time last year. New restrictions are concentrated in the swing states.https://t.co/dw3S8IkG2u
— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) February 24, 2021
Shocking new data from @brennancenter: 253 bills introduced in 43 states this year to restrict voting access
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 24, 2021
From AZ to IA to GA to FL, GOP weaponizing Trump’s lies to suppress votes
Could be biggest rollback of voting rights since Jim Crow era https://t.co/NIl4l2Nx9D
All across country Republicans weaponizing Trump’s lies to make it harder to vote. This is one of most disgusting things I’ve ever seen & underscores why Dems must urgently pass John Lewis Voting Rights Act & For the People Act to stop voter suppression https://t.co/NIl4l2Nx9D
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 24, 2021
The fact that Republicans are doing this in Iowa – a state where sky-high turnout almost certainly benefited them up and down the ballot in 2020 – shows how weirdly ideological this push is. https://t.co/HufZ9GXrMQ
— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) February 24, 2021
The towering wave of GOP voter suppression bills, based on Trump’s big lie of massive voter fraud, is reaching the shore. This is not only a shift in partisan balance but a frontal assault on voting rights. Will Manchin & Sinema let GOP filibusters shield this from any response? https://t.co/dcjhzhPMSw
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) February 24, 2021
Another red state moving bills making it more difficult to vote. Has there previously been a one-year barrage of this magnitude? Trump could not prove his claims of fraud in any court-but Rs are using them to justify a towering wave of voter suppression. Will Congress Ds resist? https://t.co/VVNggfD0dK
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) February 24, 2021
Sad! 