The Vice President said Tuesday that new voter ID laws in Texas, North Carolina and Texas showed evidence of “hatred” and “zealotry”.
Talking at the Naval Observatory for a Black history Month event, Joe Biden said he was frustrated by the Supreme Court ruling that recently struck down part of the law.
“I thought it was done — finally, finally done,” Biden said.The ruling struck down a provision of the law that required certain jurisdictions with a history of voting suppression to clear any changes in their voting laws with the Justice Department. The court said Congress could update the pre-clearance formula, but lawmakers have been unable to agree on new standards.
Some Southern states have moved aggressively in the interim to impose new, tougher voter ID requirements. Supporters of the legislation, including many Republicans, argue the new standards help prevent voter fraud. But civil rights groups and Democrats have blasted the legislation as an attempt to suppress the vote among poor and minority voters, who are less likely to have government-issued photo identification. They also argue that instances of voter fraud are exceedingly rare.
“These guys never go away. Hatred never, never goes away,” Biden said. “The zealotry of those who wish to limit the franchise cannot be smothered by reason.”
Source: The Hill
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Jesuit joe is the enemy!
Only a comunist would think that
they are based on dis-enfrachising the poor and the minoritys. of course they are biased.
This guy is a complete retard
but having to have an id to get Medicaid is not…
Of course this administration must try and halt progress on preventing voter fraud in order to secure their positions and agenda.
What a stupid statement to make…He wants to be President !!!
the Voter ID Laws, are most definitely a trick to take away our constitutional rights.. so of course the Left wants it.. because they are against us loosing our constitutional rights… and they do everything backwards. Any party that can sit still after what their own party did to Ron Paul.. has no respect from me. and then to point the finger at old people? poor people? and PRETEND this is not about cheating votes…. and they wonder why we call them brain dead zombies?
Let them get apaucheck and go to the bank and cash it without I.D.
Glue sniffing idiot.