In a 5-4 vote of the Supreme Court with all the Republican appointees voting together, a major portion of the Voting Rights Act was overturned. It was barely hours later when states that had been covered by Section 4, the overturned section, including Texas and North Carolina, began changing their laws to make it harder to vote. These laws requiring photo IDs, limiting voter registration drives and voting hours disproportionately affect minorities, low-income people, students and senior citizens.Got that? A sitting U.S. member of the House of Representatives is blaming the Republican party for the Trayvon Martin decision! Who knew Jan Schakowsky was opposed to having women on juries?? After all, there were no males who voted to aquit George Zimmerman, because there were no males on the jury.#Waronwomen
Add to this the Trayvon Martin decision, the persistent demonization of the poor, mass incarceration of young black men, the failure to pass a jobs bill, slashing of education and job training and nutrition programs, and African-Americans are in no mood to vote Republican any time soon.
Forget about attracting African-Americans
Monday, August 12, 2013
Jan Schakowsky Blames Republicans For Trayvon Martin Decision
Comrade Jan Schakowsky blames the Republicans for the Trayvon Martin decision: