Speaker of the House Jim Wright Denied Texas Voter ID Card

[L. Coyote]

This is how the Rs win elections today!

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/03/1252733/-90-Year-Old-Legendary-Speaker-of-the-House-Jim-Wright-Denied-Texas-Voter-ID-Card

A 90 year old man who just happens to be the former Speaker of the US House was denied a voter ID according to Texas's new voter ID requirements.

.... after the difficulty he had this weekend getting a proper ID card, Wright, 90, expressed concern that such problems could deter others from voting and stifle turnout. After spending much of his life fighting to make it easier to vote, the Democratic Party icon said he is troubled by what he’s seeing happen under the state’s new voter ID law.

“I earnestly hope these unduly stringent requirements on voters won’t dramatically reduce the number of people who vote,” Wright told the Star-Telegram. “I think they will reduce the number to some extent.”

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[cantbeserious]

1. And There It Is - America Is No Longer A Democracy - America Has Become An Oligarchy

eom

[tblue]

6. Maybe it always was

Only now they don't even pretend. An oligarchy and a police state for at least 13% of American citizens.

[cantbeserious]

8. When The 1% Own Everything That Matters - The 1% No Longer Have To Pretend

eom

[Vinca]

2. It's a shame this didn't happen to a well known Republican.

The GOP doesn't care about anything until it affects them.

[shenmue]

3. Oh boy

Everybody who is of age should get to register and vote.

[asjr]

4. I am stunned that this happened. When I lived in Ft Worth I called

him almost every day for my company which was a grain company organization for the commodities figures for that day. Jim Wright was one of the nicest men I have known and was a true Texan. Texas is not Texas anymore. It is disgusting. Republicans have ruined it.
For those fighting Clinton vs Sanders--let's all just pray that a Democrat will win the right to sit in the White House. All the bickering is useless.

[tblue]

7. Yes! Agree with all of that.

I'm sorry Texas has become Texas. Sorry for your loss. Really. That's gotta hurt.

[James48]

5. That was in November of 2013.

Not a recent story-


Speaker Wright died in May of this year.

May 6, 2015.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

11. I was about to say the same.

[SoapBox]

14. It was 2013 but the PukeBaggers are still up to no good,

when it comes to trying to stop Americans from voting.

We need to all fight back, in a big way.

Vote this scum out of office.

[Skittles]

21. correct

I think his wife died recently

[Snobblevitch]

9. While Voter ID can be a problem for some people,

the only problem in this situation was that the DL was expired. He got a state-issued ID and got his voter ID card.

[penndragon69]

10. oligarchy,

is the purest form of FASCISM that exists !

[Psephos]

12. Speaker Wright died in May, aged 92. R.I.P.

This is an old story.

[awoke_in_2003]

20. No wonder they denied him.

Sorry, I couldn't help it.

[JPZenger]

24. "He's dead Jim"

[Gothmog]

13. It is still difficult to get a "free" id in Texas

The 5th Circuit is considering the Texas voter id law. There were oral arguments on April 28 and there should be a decision sometime soon

[tblue37]

29. It is, among other violations of voting rights, a barely disguised version of

a poll tax, something that was ruled unconstitutional. I wish these stupid laws would all get challenged and slapped down in time for the election.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

15. Not this Jim Wright:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Wright

but who?

[lastlib]

16. Absolutely infuriating--a man who served in public office for years

and now they want to take away his right to vote?

We have to destroy the people behind this, or we are doomed as a democracy. If we don't fight this shit, the GOP/oligarchs will effectively have the boot on our throats for generations to come. GET UP AND FIGHT, folks!!!

Citizens United--corporate dollars in political campaigns; Gerrymandering; Voting restrictions; "Fox-News"ifying the media; pension/Social Security/entitlement "reforms"; Gutting education; Stripping union organizing rights. If you're not starting to see the pattern, you are blind. GET UP AND FIGHT, folks!!!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

17. “I earnestly hope these unduly stringent requirements on voters won’t dramatically reduce the number

of people who vote,” Wright told the Star-Telegram. “I think they will reduce the number to some extent.”

Hmmm, you don't think maybe that's the actual goal behind all this do ya?

[madville]

18. Yeah, he needed his birth certificate

And returned with it the following week and was issued a card. He originally tried to get an ID card using his faculty ID from a college he taught at.

[barbtries]

19. doing exactly what they're intended to do.

gawd i hate republicans.

[Enthusiast]

22. Maybe the assholes on the supreme court should hear about this.

[blackspade]

23. GOP election theft.

There are so many lines of attack to go after these bozos.
Are you listening DWS?
From 2013' so apparently not.....

[spanone]

25. well jimmy boy, you're party has made voting difficult for many people.

mostly brown and poor. welcome to the club.

[MADem]

26. Two more votes and this bad boy hits a hundred! Even though it's from 2013, it is still salient.

This is something that People for the American Way or some other group should make a COMMERCIAL about.

That's frigging egregious.

[ladyVet]

27. "expressed concern that such problems could deter others from voting and stifle turnout"

That's the whole point of it, though, isn't it? To restrict registration and turnout of the kinds of voters the Republicans don't like: poor, PoC, immigrants, liberals, Democrats.

[L. Coyote]

28. All part of Mr. Nixon's War on Political Enemies

and still going strong, with millions of disenfranchised black voters in jail, ..... myriad methods of suppression of votes.

[valerief]

30. Of course, they'll reduce the votes. They're designed to do just that! nt