1] Donald Trump – “They had things, levels of voting that, if you never agreed to it, you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.” !!! Like all Trumpisms, nearly incoherent, 100% false – as state election officials all over America have repeatedly said.
2] Mitch McConnell – “Because I get to decide what we vote on.” This in response to why the Senate hadn’t even considered an electoral reform bill passed by the U.S. House with features like automatic voter registration, expanded early voting, stronger disclosure laws to get “dark money” out of corrupting U.S. elections. Check “Moscow Mitch’s” entire record – he’s been one of the most anti-democratic and destructive politicians in American history.
3] Catherine Engelbrecht – Currently assembling a voter intimidation force comprised of former military and law enforcement personnel. She believes Democrats will use fraudulent votes, and says, “The swarming tactics of a radicalized socialist mindset is a dangerous thing to behold.” Translated into English – she fears that ordinary Americans in the lower 99% will have finally figured out how badly the top 1% has cheated them – and begin by voting out their documented enablers [campaign contributions of “dark money” in action] in the Republican Party.
4] Kris Kobach – Kobach has a long history of attempting to lengthen and complicate voter registration processes and identifying cases of “voter fraud” that prove unfounded. “That’s what the new definition of racist is: It’s a conservative that’s winning an argument!”
5] Hans Von Spakovsky – manager, Election Law Reform Initiative & Senior Legal Fellow, Meese [!] Center for Legal & Judicial Studies [in English – a far right “think tank” cooking up plausible excuses for what they want to to]. Has been a key figure in drumming up unsubstantiated fears about voter fraud. Served on Trump’s sham “election integrity” commission that was rigged to exploit fears about a voter fraud epidemic that exists only in the minds of the president and his hardcore supporters.
6] Justin Clark – senior advisor to Trump 2020 campaign – “Traditionally it’s always been Republicans suppressing votes in places, Let’s start protecting our voters. We know where they are…Let’s start playing offense a little bit. That’s what you’re going to see in 2020. It’s going to be a much bigger program, a much more aggressive program, a much better funded program.” [in English – we’re gonna cheat in ways you wouldn’t believe – because we have raised lots of “dark money” from right wing billionaires who don’t want to pay any taxes, pay their workers, deal with regulations].
7] Morton Blackwell – founder and President of conservative Leadership Institute and member of Republican National Committee – “The government establishment and the media establishment conspire to inflict on Donald Trump and his associates the abuses of power that those establishments accuse Trump of plotting to commit.” [translation – rational, honest, fact-based career public servants guilty of restraining Trump’s corruption, and any media not in the Fox “News” echo chamber].
8] Trent England – Executive Director of the Oklahoma Council for Public Affairs – “Do you want to go into tribal precinct and be the Republican there to oversee things” I mean, that is not a comfortable place to be.” [ translation – American Indians, aware they’ve been cheated out of their legal rights in 300 broken treaties, are getting upset – and have identified Republicans as the currently most likely people to cheat them again].
9 J.Christian Adams – Public Interest Legal Foundation – Falsely accused thousands of citizens of being non-citizens in a report titled “Alien Invasion,” in which his organization published personal information – including full Social Security numbers of some victims {HOW did he get this?]. He was later forced to retract these claims as part of a legal settlement.
10] Ken Paxton – Attorney General of Texas – Paxton has been a staunch defender of gerrymandered congressional and legislative districts drawn by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature and an advocate for state laws that make it more difficult for Texans to vote.
Note: all bracketed comments are mine – I couldn’t resist more truth.
Note #2 – please – you’ve gotta know – this small sampling is just part of the decades-long Republican, right-wing program to restrict voting in any way they can – see 2000 Florida mess, an entire Republican plan & Republican controlled government that conspired to hand the 2000 election to Bush II- using every tactic possible – judicial activism, street bullies, crooked voting machines in select areas, police on certain streets, etc., etc……
Note #3 – see other posts, other sources – for more documented Republican , right wing off-the-wall quotes of cruelty, corruption, cynicism, contempt for YOU and traditional American values of fair play and decency.
Note #4 – all this Republican, right wing action is designed to control YOU in your personal life by their rules, extract YOUR tax money to pay for their schools and churches [see 2020 “Espinoza” Supreme Court ruling], to set up an authoritarian plutocratic theocracy that funnels money to the top 1%, lowers YOUR standard of living [documented, post-l980], strips away or privatizes the long-established safety net [ see Bush II attempt to privatize Social Security; see Trump plan to sabotage the Post Office, see Republican efforts to defund public schools, etc., etc…..]
Note #5 – the only question is this: Are YOU going to be gullible enough to actually believe all the 1980-2020 lies Republicans have told you?????
All this vote suppression is only part of theRepublican, top 1%, right wing plan to radically change America from the democratic republic it WAS, 1789-1980, to the America of 2020 – a country “led” by an incompetent, ignorant, 8th grade bully clown front man . Trump hasn’t severely damaged America by himself, or even totally for himself. He’s had help. And they are laughing at YOU – that enough of YOU actually believe the lies they put out!!!!!!
With Justice For All 