The individuals who name themselves the “mainstream media” have a exceptional tendency to take the minority place on an 80-20 subject, most lately on requiring voters to point out a photograph ID on the polls. Home Republicans have handed the “SAVE Act,” whereas Democrats have nearly unanimously opposed it.
However the American individuals don’t. Gallup pollsters report 84 p.c of People assist requiring picture ID to vote – 98 p.c of Republicans, 84 p.c of independents, and 67 p.c of Democrats. Massive majorities of blacks and Latinos again it. Individually, 83% assist the SAVE Act requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote for the primary time.
When introduced with this data, Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) may solely toss that previous Biden smear out, that the SAVE Act was “Jim Crow 2.0.” So a majority of blacks favor the return of Jim Crow? How, exactly, is asking voters for an ID corresponding to segregated faculties and neighborhoods and loos and water fountains? Clearly, they’re evaluating Republicans right here to racist Southern Democrats who tried to disclaim blacks the precise to vote. That was Jim Crow 1.0.
Sadly, CNN political reporter Zach Wolf demonstrated how united Democrats are in pushing this blatant lie, apart from Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania: “I believe Fetterman is probably the most off-message Democrat within the chamber proper now….I believe most Democrats would get on board with what Schumer was saying.”
Among the many Democrats permitting this smear are the teams calling themselves the “impartial fact-checkers.” PolitiFact has by no means evaluated Biden or Schumer for this “Jim Crow 2.0” nonsense. However Democrats can rely on PolitiFact to assault Republicans. Amy Sherman put collectively an article asking “Does the US have stricter ID guidelines for purchasing beer than voting?”
Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) identified he has to point out an ID to purchase beer, however Democrats oppose an ID on the polls. “I believe it is nuts that we shield our beer on this nation greater than our ballots in jurisdictions,” Steil mentioned. Sherman retorted: “Evaluating ID guidelines for buying alcohol and casting a poll is about as satisfying as a heat beer on a scorching day.”
Why? Sherman unloaded her rigorously chosen Democrat specialists to lecture towards the Republican. The suitable to vote and the precise to drink beer usually are not the identical. “Voting is a proper and is a public act,” mentioned Barry Burden, College of Wisconsin political scientist. “Buying alcohol is a non-public exercise.”
This will get every thing backwards: if voting is a vital public act, extra essential than shopping for a bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon, then why shouldn’t the voting-integrity measure of an ID requirement be extra essential?
Then she added the proof-of-age regulation would not exist to “shield” beer, in keeping with Derek Clinger, a workers legal professional on the College of Wisconsin regulation college. It’s meant to forestall underage ingesting. “Voter fraud is much extra uncommon than youth alcohol consumption,” she says. Voter fraud isn’t actual. “Jim Crow 2.0” is actual.
Sherman additionally thinks it’s nice in the event you name Trump “Hitler.” However she did pounce on Trump on October 23, 2024 for saying on social media that Kamala Harris referred to as him Hitler. She solely quoted former Trump aide John Kelly claiming Trump admired Hitler.
The very subsequent day, Harris tweeted: “Donald Trump is out for unchecked energy. He needs a army like Adolf Hitler had, who will probably be loyal to him, not our Structure.”
PolitiFact didn’t replace something. They need to be sincere and name their website PartisanFact.
