Back then, poll taxes, literacy tests, and violence and intimidation at the polls made it nearly impossible for Black Americans to vote. My parents’ lives sure would have been a whole lot easier if Jim Crow laws just meant they had to show ID…
It is disgusting and offensive to compare the actual voter suppression of the era I grew up in with a state law that only asks that people show a driver’s license or utility bill.
I recognize the Democrats’ projection and fear-mongering for what it is, and I’m thankful that other leaders like Brian Mast can see the same.
