Was this statement opposing federal initiatives to guarantee the right to vote made in:
A: 1869 (reaction to the 15th Amendment)
B: 1890 (justification for Jim Crow laws)
C: 1965 (reaction to the Voting Rights Act)
D: 2021 (justification for blocking the For the People Act)
A: 1869 (reaction to the 15th Amendment)
B: 1890 (justification for Jim Crow laws)
C: 1965 (reaction to the Voting Rights Act)
D: 2021 (justification for blocking the For the People Act)
https://twitter.com/craigcaplan/status/1407439558195699717
The answer is D, but the only clue is the mention of S1 - because other than that it’s exactly how white supremacists have always justified their highly discriminatory election laws that were specifically designed to disenfranchise Blacks and anyone threatening their rule.
Seriously, if you know anything about the history of racism and white supremacy in this country, about how it took the federal government overriding “states’ rights” and forcing the states to respect Black people’s right to vote, you know how outrageous a statement this is.
The options really are:
- Collins is entirely oblivious of the history of voter suppression.
- She is aware of that history, but simply doesn’t care.
- She is deliberately framing her opposition in a way that puts her in the tradition of white supremacist voter suppression.
- Collins is entirely oblivious of the history of voter suppression.
- She is aware of that history, but simply doesn’t care.
- She is deliberately framing her opposition in a way that puts her in the tradition of white supremacist voter suppression.
And that’s what counts as “moderate” Republicanism today. What a party.
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