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Please convince me, Republicans are not using Benghazi politically.
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It is a bogus witch hunt to stir the republican masses to vote. that is where they are not redistricted so that they can never lose and if they have proper voting ID.
Quoting: WindyMind Okay, what in the hell is "proper voting ID"? A state issued document proving that you are a resident of the state? Don't you have to provide that if you are buying cigarettes or alcohol? Opening a bank account? Registering a motor vehicle? cashing a check? Why shouldn't ID be required to vote for the guy in charge of the most powerful weapons on the planet? [ link to www.truth-out.org] Republicans in Florida also passed new restrictions on voter registration groups, making it so difficult to register new voters that the League of Women Voters gave up. As Weyrich said, Republican leverage in elections “goes up when the voting populace goes down.” Other Republican-controlled states did the same, along with new ALEC-written Voter Suppression ID laws to block access to the polls for minorities, poor people, college students, and the elderly. According to a study by the Brennan Center for Justice, 25% of blacks, 19% of Latinos, 18% of young people, 18% of seniors, and 15% of poor people lack the ID these new laws require to vote. It’s been a long, brutal struggle in America to expand voting rights to more people than just white men. Yeah, It's really hard to go to a state agency and provide a birth certificate, proof of residence and MAYBE a social security card to get a state issued ID. That's definitely voter suppression... It is basically making people jump through hoops to vote.
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