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Rhiannon12866

(205,405 posts) Tue May 4, 2021, 03:31 AM May 2021

Republicans Fear New Voting Restrictions Could Backfire On Their Own Voters - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC [View all]

Amy Gardner, national political reporter for the Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Florida Republicans, in their zeal to appease irrational Trumpian concerns about election fraud, passed new voting restrictions that include making it harder to vote by mail, which many Republican constituencies do.

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Republicans Fear New Voting Restrictions Could Backfire On Their Own Voters - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC [View all] Rhiannon12866 May 2021 OP

Well, no one ever said that the party who's biggest base of support is Downtown Hound May 2021 #1

Please. mahina May 2021 #2

That must be why they keep pushing them in all locations and at all levels they hold power. quakerboy May 2021 #3

When is the two time LittleGirl May 2021 #4

It will definitely reduce the white vote, but not as much as it will reduce the black vote. SunSeeker May 2021 #5

So true!!! Maine Abu El Banat May 2021 #6

And do so with less poor-me-ism. No whine like a white guy confronting his own incompetence. jaxexpat May 2021 #7

Exactly Maine Abu El Banat May 2021 #9

Good pressbox69 May 2021 #8

Well, duh. milestogo May 2021 #10

Vote by Mail had been an important part of GOP GOTV efforts for decades LetMyPeopleVote May 2021 #11