GOP does its racist best, branding Manchin's voting rights proposal the 'Stacey Abrams substitute'
GOP does its racist best, branding Manchin's voting rights proposal the 'Stacey Abrams substitute'
Jun 17, 2021 5:45pm Eastern Daylight Time
by Kerry Eleveld, Daily Kos Staff
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/17/2035825/-GOP-does-its-racist-best-branding-Manchin-s-voting-rights-proposal-the-Stacey-Abrams-substitute
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The outline of a Democratic consensus on critical voting rights legislation is taking shape, and it sure has Senate Republicans in a hissy. As Spectrum News Congressional Correspondent Eva McKend noted, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell holding two separate press conferences in a week is a rare spectacle. But watching Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia begin to find commonality with progressive Democrats on core elements of the For The People Act has clearly put Senate Republicans on defense.
The GOP's press conference was also nothing short of special, with more than a dozen GOP senators lining up to weigh in. It had kind of a five-alarm fire vibe to it. McConnell started off by assuring reporters that none of the GOP-passed voter suppression bills sweeping the nation were intended to be restrictive.
“I’ve taken a look at the new state laws. None of them are designed to suppress the vote,” McConnell says.
That's a fascinating take, and almost as believable as the claim by Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina that none of Democrats' racist smears against the GOP would stick.
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