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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsImplying 12 hour lines are not that bad because voters will find a way to make up for lost wages or
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Voters are more than just numbers on a @Nate_Cohn spreadsheet. They are people. Implying 12 hour lines are not that bad because voters will find a way to make up for lost wages or theyll vote after they faint is cruel and racist. Turnout would be even higher if not for barriers.
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Implying 12 hour lines are not that bad because voters will find a way to make up for lost wages or (Original Post)
soothsayer
Apr 2021
OP
McConnell maligned Delaware. Asshole. We don't stand in long lines to vote here.
Walleye
Apr 2021
#1
RePuQ talking points are pure bullshit roughly 95% of the time, so no surprise there (nt)
Hugh_Lebowski
Apr 2021
#2
Walleye
(30,977 posts)1. McConnell maligned Delaware. Asshole. We don't stand in long lines to vote here.
Typical, they get their talking points without ever doing a minute of research
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)2. RePuQ talking points are pure bullshit roughly 95% of the time, so no surprise there (nt)
Walleye
(30,977 posts)3. And they state their made a "facts" with supreme confidence
And pretty quickly all their moron followers will repeat and repeat the falsity. And then they will act like they made some sort of clever point and thought it up on their own. They are so damn predictable
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)4. A cult of pathologically lying, hypocritical lemmings they are (nt)
Walleye
(30,977 posts)5. Succinct and accurate
WyattKansas
(1,648 posts)7. And the other 5% is just pure coincidence they never meant.
Republicans are ONLY back stabbing assholes that only want to defraud you any and every way they can.
kentuck
(111,052 posts)6. But you never hear Republicans say anything about...
...fixing the long lines?
If they were truly serious, they would make it easier to vote, and more places to vote, with shorter lines.