Discussion: Brian Kemp Is Blocking 53K Applicants From Registering To Vote, Most Of Them Black

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Oh FFS. NAL but I have to think there’d be an injunction stopping this instantly in any sane jurisdiction. Please, no jokes about Georgia and the GOP, facts not in evidence and all that, heard 'em all before. This is just the most outrageous thing yet. Just declare the year 1952 while you’re at it and change all the calendars.

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Somebody important needs to rub this kind of stuff in John Roberts’ face every day due to his crew’s awful 2013 decision to suspend the Voting Rights Act enforcement by the Fed. Govt.

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How is this even remotely legal?

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Okay, DNC, ACLU, or some other national organization, GET ON THIS NOW!

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These mfkers piss me off. They have no business even BEING in office. When we find these do this we should ban them from ever holding office again…appointed OR elected. Period.

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Here is how: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/supreme-court-ruling.html

Out of touch, racist rightwing kooks on the SC claim that “Our country has changed.” Once again Kennedy showed his true colors. Scalia proved that “originalism” is a canard. etc…GOP-controlled states revert to segregationist policies under the faux-problem of voter fraud. Thus making America grate again.

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There are lawsuits pending but of course nothing will be resolved until after November 6th. I suspect we’ll be seeing MANY recounts, etc., next month.

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from following Josh’s twitter feed:

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Instead of George Soros hiring all those hysterical women, he should put his money into fighting this.

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George Wallace would be done proud…

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Reposting, apologies for the repetition:

When/if Dems are back in power, they must asap

  1. Pass the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Act. See:
    https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3279/text)
  1. Create a special federal law enforcement unit to enforce the Act; use and if necessary amend the Act to prosecute and imprison Republican politicians or state executives who fraudulently and intentionally abuse their power to disenfranchise their political opponents. Fraud, in this context, would include falsely asserting the existence of a voter fraud problem when voter fraud is nonexistent or de minimis.
  1. Repeal and reinstate the Voting Rights Act. Let it go all the way up to the Supreme Court again if necessary.
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A dumb move on his part. There’s a coming inevitability in the South and it doesn’t bode well for Conservative ( whatever that word means ) white GOP’ers. All this dip shit is doing is pissing off folks that will in time assume power in Georgia. Why does anyone think a felon franchise referendum is on the Florida ballot? Because giving them the vote is not likely to motivate them to vote against you as much as if they take the right to vote. And vote they will…now or later. This redneck phony above will soon enough be in the minority. As my grandmother used to say “right now he’s making his bed”.

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Who said “You know, comrades,that I think in regard to this: I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count the votes, and how.” Brian Kemp or Joseph Stalin? I know it is tough because they both embraced the same view of elections but the quote is from Joseph Stalin.

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Say hello,
to Jim Crow.

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He’s apparently blaming Stacey Abrams New Georgia Project for not doing voter registration right

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Injunction from where? All that does is lead to Kavanaugh and the boyz and the injunction is gone. Some of these folks will get on the roles many will not. And it may tilt the election but it’s an ill wind that blows no good. If the red neck wins ( I think he will ) and the margin is a smaller number than Blacks disenfranchised the GOP in Georgia had best watch out. It won’t happen next time and it will be hard to hold back retribution. Blacks don’t vote in the South because they’ve never seen their votes pan out. This scenario will be what’s needed to change that.

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I know that is attributed to Stalin but since he was never elected to any office, it is doubtful.

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Because white Christian nationalism needs to be utterly subjugated and rendered powerless. It is the single most dangerous and damaging thing to our country and its democracy. Absolutely NOTHING is doing more damage to our country at this point.

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I THINK it’s important for us as A NATION to HAVE a REAL discussion about race and if BLACKS should even have the RIGHT TO VOTE?

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