Today\’s quote comes to us from President Obama\’s proposed new Attorney General, Loretta Lynch. This is what she said earlier this year about voter ID laws:
“50years after the march on Washington, 50 years after the civil rightsmovement, we stand in this country at a time when we see peopletrying to take back so much of what Dr. King fought for. We stand inthis country. Peopletry and take over the State House and reverse the goals that havebeen made in voting in this country. “ButI\’m proud to tell you that the Department of Justice has looked atthese laws and looked at what\’s happening in the Deep South, and inmy home state of North Carolina has brought lawsuits against thosevoting rights changes that seek to limit our ability to stand up andexercise our rights as citizens.And those lawsuits will continue.”
Voter IDs “limit our ability to stand up and exercise our rights as citizens”? Why, Ms. Lynch?
Do they impose any burden upon Black people that they do not impose on non-Black people? Are they harder to get for Black people than they are for non-Blacks — and, if so, in what way?
Or are you claiming that Black people just plain are not as smart or capable as non-Blacks, and therefore would have problems getting a voter ID that non-Blacks would not?
Loretta Lynch wins Quote Of The Day honors for helping me to make up my mind about supporting or opposing her nomination as Attorney General.
I did not know very much about her until reading that quote. But now – in addition to finding out that she was a confidante of eric holder\’s – which put two strikes against her right from jump street – I know that she also is as full of it about the voter ID issue as he is.
There is only one reason for opposing voter IDs, and that reason is to make it easier for voter fraud to take place.
Which means, strike three for Loretta Lynch – whose quote, in my opinion, has disqualified her for the job of Attorney General.
