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>>> TODAY AS WE REMEMBER JOHN
LEWIS, LET’S TALK ABOUT VOTING
RIGHTS, A CAUSE HE CHAMPIONED
THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.
FOR THIS WEEK’S MEMO TO TRUMP, I
WANT TO CALL YOU, MR. PRESIDENT,
NOT JUST FOR SUPPRESSING THE
VOTES OF MANY BLACK AND BROWN
AMERICANS, BUT FOR OUTRIGHT
CHEATING.
YOU SEE, JOHN LEWIS WAS ON TO
YOUR GAME THE WHOLE TIME.
IT’S WHY HE DIDN’T ATTEND YOUR
INAUGURATION, ARGUING THAT YOUR
RUSSIA-ASSISTED ELECTION WASN’T
LEGITIMATE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND IT HASN’T GOTTEN ANY BETTER
SINCE THEN.
FOR ALL YOUR BLUST AND CONCERN
ABOUT ELECTION RIGGING AND
RAILING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF
FRAUDULENT VOTING BY MAIL BOTH
IN 2016 AND THIS YEAR’S CONTEST,
WELL IT SEEMS PRETTY OBVIOUS TO
ME, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT THE CALL
IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE.
THAT’S RIGHT.
THE BIGGEST CHEATERS IN THE GAME
CONTINUE TO BE REPUBLICANS.
IN THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE, YOUR
OWN KANSAS CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR HAS
BEEN CHARGED WITH THREE FELONIES
AND A MISDEMEANOR FOR VOTING
FROM A FRAUDULENT ADDRESS.
HE CLAIMS IT WAS AN HONEST
MISTAKE, BUT A TEXAS WOMAN WHO
UNKNOWINGLY VIOLATED PAROLE BY
CASTING AN UNCOUNTED PROVISIONAL
BALLOT IN 2016 IS FACING UP TO
FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR HER
HONEST MISTAKE.
AND IT’S NOT JUST ISOLATED
INCIDENTS.
FOR ALL YOUR ONLINE WHINING AND
FEAR MONGERING ABOUT FOREIGN
COUNTRIES OR YOUR OPPONENTS
CHEATING VIA VOTE BY MAIL, THE
BIGGEST RECENT EXAMPLE AT
ELECTION FRAUD VIA MAIL WAS
DURING A 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RACE
IN NORTH CAROLINA IN WHICH A
REPUBLICAN OPERATIVE ILLEGALLY
HARVESTED AND EVEN FILLED IN
ABSENTEE BALLOTS RESULTING IN A
RERUN OF THE ENTIRE ELECTION.
BUT, MR. PRESIDENT, REPUBLICANS
LIKE YOU HAVE KNOWN FOR A LONG
TIME THAT THESE PIECEMEAL CHEATS
AREN’T ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU IN
POWER.
YOU REQUIRE MUCH BIGGER WAYS TO
PUT YOUR FEET ON THE SCALE, LIKE
WIDESPREAD VOTER SUPPRESSION.
IT’S WHY YOU RESIST VOTING
REFORMS AT EVERY TURN.
>> THEY’RE CRAZY.
THEY HAD THINGS, LEVELS OF
VOTINGS IF YOU EVER AGREED TO
IT, YOU’D NEVER HAVE A
REPUBLICAN ELECTED IN THIS
COUNTRY AGAIN.
>> AND YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE
SAYING THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD.
IN MISSISSIPPI, A COUNTY
COMMISSIONER SAID, QUOTE, THE
BLACKS ARE HAVING LOTS OF EVENTS
FOR VOTER REGISTRATION.
PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI HAVE GOT
TO GET INVOLVED, TOO.
END OF QUOTE.
REPUBLICANS JUST DON’T SEE BLACK
VOTERS WHO OFTEN BUT NOT ALWAYS
VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS AS ACTUAL
PEOPLE WITH A LEGITIMATE RIGHT
FOR OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD, AND
THAT ROT CONTINUES ALL THE WAY
TO THE TOP OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
JUST THIS WEEK THE CONSERVATIVE
WING OF THE SUPREME COURT VOTED
TO KEEP THOUSANDS OF FLORIDIANS
FROM VOTING IN NOVEMBER, DESPITE
TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATE
ELECTORATE ACTING TO RESTORE
THOSE RIGHTS.
THIS AFTER REPUBLICANS IN THE
FLORIDA LEGISLATURE PASSED A LAW
REQUIRING EX-FELONS TO PAY ALL
FINES AND FEES BEFORE THEY COULD
VOTE WITHOUT ANY WAY TO
ASCERTAIN HOW MUCH WAS EVEN
OWED.
I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT THAT
SURE SOUNDS LIKE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL POLL TAX TO ME.
NOT CONTENT WITH LEGALIZING
VOTER SUPPRESSION FROM ON HIGH,
YOUR PARTY IS READY TO TAKE
INTIMIDATION TO THE STREETS WITH
PLANS TO SCARE OFF MINORITY VOTERS IN 2020 JUST AS YOU DID
VOTERS IN 2020 JUST AS YOU DID
IN 1982, 1986, 1992 AND 2004.
BUT, MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE SOME
BAD NEWS FOR YOU.
ALL YOUR FEAR MONGERING,
PROJECTION AND CHEATING WON’T
SAVE YOU THIS TIME.
TOO MANY BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN
BLED AND FOUGHT AND DIED TO
ENSURE OUR RIGHT TO VOTE,
INCLUDING THE LATE GREAT JOHN
LEWIS AND WE WILL NOT LET YOUR
CHEATING STAND.
REPRESENTATIVE LEWIS LED BY
EXAMPLE HIS ENTIRE LIFE AND
WE’RE READY TO GET INTO GOOD
TROUBLE IN HIS HONOR TO PROTECT
OUR VOTES.
YOU CAN RAIL AGAINST VOTE BY
MAIL IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC
AND WE WILL PUT ON OUR MASKS AND
HEAD TO THE VOTING BOOTH.
YOU CAN CLOSE POLLING LOCATIONS
AND FORCE US INTO LONG LINES AND
WE WILL BRING OUR LAWN CHAIRS
AND SETTLE IN TO WAIT.
YOU CAN USE EVERY LOOPHOLE AND
EXPLOIT EVERY INCH OF GROUND,
YOUR COURT STACKING HAS GOTTEN
YOU, BUT WE WILL SHOW UP IN
DROVES FROM FLORIDA TO
MISSISSIPPI TO WISCONSIN TO VOTE
YOU OUT AND NO AMOUNT OF