The U.S. House has handed Senate Republicans yet another reason to bury the beloved, albeit obsolete, filibuster. The House, on Feb. 11, passed the SAVE America Act. It would give this country’s too-often dirty elections the power-washing that they desperately need. Before every federal election, it would make states scrub their rolls of duplicate registrations and non-resident, relocated, deceased, or otherwise ineligible voters.
Currently registered voters would be unaffected, but new ones must prove US citizenship. And everyone must present a photo ID to vote. Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer of New York calls this “Jim Crow 2.0.” (RELATED: The SAVE Act: Why Are Senate Republicans Dithering?)
Disgusting!
How dare Schumer trivialize the pain of black Americans who faced segregated “but equal” bathrooms, whites-only bus benches, and noose-filled trees? When blacks show photo ID at airports today, is that Jim Crow 747?
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