The Vice President said Tuesday that new voter ID laws in Texas, North Carolina and Texas showed evidence of “hatred” and “zealotry”.
Talking at the Naval Observatory for a Black history Month event, Joe Biden said he was frustrated by the Supreme Court ruling that recently struck down part of the law.
“I thought it was done — finally, finally done,” Biden said.The ruling struck down a provision of the law that required certain jurisdictions with a history of voting suppression to clear any changes in their voting laws with the Justice Department. The court said Congress could update the pre-clearance formula, but lawmakers have been unable to agree on new standards.
Some Southern states have moved aggressively in the interim to impose new, tougher voter ID requirements. Supporters of the legislation, including many Republicans, argue the new standards help prevent voter fraud. But civil rights groups and Democrats have blasted the legislation as an attempt to suppress the vote among poor and minority voters, who are less likely to have government-issued photo identification. They also argue that instances of voter fraud are exceedingly rare.
“These guys never go away. Hatred never, never goes away,” Biden said. “The zealotry of those who wish to limit the franchise cannot be smothered by reason.”
Source: The Hill
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Joe is one of the stupidist Politicains who ever Lived !!
only uncle joe would come up with that excuse.
Nah, they are all lying communist traitors
What a maroon.
Biden is too stupid to find his way out the door by himself!
need voter i.d. law in every state , and rigidly enforced !!
He’s a f in idiot
hatred!!! don’t you think an ID protects the process of voting???Gee UPS just made me come up with two photo ID’s for a stinkin mailbox…voting is probably a little higher business than a mailbox…Get real, hope you don’t run for President…
Yeah, we hate Democrats multiple-voting Joe. What a waste of space.
No not at all it’s something that is needed to keep voting legal besides that you need ID’s for just about everything else!!