Saturday, February 16, 2019

Mitch McConnell Admits He’s Against High Voter Turnout Because He Suspects People Will Vote for Democrats

https://www.gq.com/story/mcconnell-voter-turnout-bad?fbclid=IwAR3Dy2pvZwHlAcjWM_5DKZhIO9cHjGFFrbaZxmm8HRUZOJueN9_Lm8zowJM
"Republicans have long had an election problem. The more people vote, the worse they tend to get beaten. So the solution, since at least the 1970s, has been pretty cut and dry: figure out who's likely to vote against them, and prevent them from voting. It may be a more circuitous approach than falsifying votes or straight up hacking an election, but it gives them an air of democratic legitimacy even though they're actively fighting against the foundations of democracy."