So why would the North Carolina’s NAACP proclaim discrimination in requiring ID to vote when the group told its own marchers to do the same to join a protest? The answer? Politics—pure and simple.

Perhaps the origin of voter ID equals poll tax/racism theme may be placed at the doorstep of Eric Holder. America’s first black attorney general did a disservice to the country during the president’s reelection campaign in 2012 when he likened voter-ID laws to a poll tax. In a speech before the Texas NAACP, Holder said that in regard to voter-ID laws, “We call those poll taxes… I can assure you that the Justice Department’s efforts to uphold and enforce voting rights will remain aggressive.” (Didn’t anyone in the AG’s office remind him about the Supreme Court ruling just four years prior?)

But once that door was opened, race instigators such as North Carolina NAACP Chapter President Rev. William Barber were all too happy to adopt the Republicans Are Trying to Roll Back the Clock theme.