Joe Biden: Republicans don't want black folks voting

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/04/15/joe-biden-rips-trump-dont-want-black-folks-voting-voter-id-laws-fraud-claims

[quote]Former Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that President Trump's assertion that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election is a "flat lie."

Biden added that Republicans are trying to disenfranchise minorities by pressing for voter identification laws.

"It's what these guys are all about, man," Biden, also a former Delaware senator, said. "Republicans don't want working class people voting. They don't want black folks voting," he said.

[Frodo]

I knew that already....   

[Strudelcutie4427]

By his logic, they also dont want black people to buy alcohol, guns, tickets to rated R movies, get on to airplanes, or drive cars

[ExSky]

By his logic, they also dont want black people to buy alcohol, guns, tickets to rated R movies, get on to airplanes, or drive cars

They probably don’t

[here2view]

By his logic, they also dont want black people to buy alcohol, guns, tickets to rated R movies, get on to airplanes, or drive cars

Yeah that's not a reach.

[Suburbia]

He's not wrong. Democrats don't want white, elderly evangelicals voting either. Ideally we'd live in a world where race didn't have such strong correlation with voting patterns, but as long as we do neither party is going to want any demographic that strongly opposes their platform to vote.

That doesn't mean I support restrictive voter ID laws, though.

This. It is racial polarization, racial balkanization.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Republicans can't abandon their racist base to court black voters, so they just circumvent what ever laws they can to keep us from voting. I'm still waiting on the Alabama legislature to punish black voters for electing Doug Jones, or maybe they'll give them a pass since Roy Moore was so god-awful.

He's not wrong. Democrats don't want white, elderly evangelicals voting either. Ideally we'd live in a world where race didn't have such strong correlation with voting patterns, but as long as we do neither party is going to want any demographic that strongly opposes their platform to vote.

That doesn't mean I support restrictive voter ID laws, though.

What laws are Democrats passing to keep geriatric white people from voting?

Just stop trying to paint whites as victims in a system institutionalized to benefit them at every turn. There is nowhere in this country where bad actors are working to keep white people from the polls.

[Suburbia]

Republicans can't abandon their racist base to court black voters, so they just circumvent what ever laws they can to keep us from voting. I'm still waiting on the Alabama legislature to punish black voters for electing Doug Jones, or maybe they'll give them a pass since Roy Moore was so god-awful.

He's not wrong. Democrats don't want white, elderly evangelicals voting either. Ideally we'd live in a world where race didn't have such strong correlation with voting patterns, but as long as we do neither party is going to want any demographic that strongly opposes their platform to vote.

That doesn't mean I support restrictive voter ID laws, though.

What laws are Democrats passing to keep geriatric white people from voting?

Just stop trying to paint whites as victims in a system institutionalized to benefit them at every turn. There is nowhere in this country where bad actors are working to keep white people from the polls.

You do know that some Democrats are waiting on older white voters to pass away.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Republicans can't abandon their racist base to court black voters, so they just circumvent what ever laws they can to keep us from voting. I'm still waiting on the Alabama legislature to punish black voters for electing Doug Jones, or maybe they'll give them a pass since Roy Moore was so god-awful.

He's not wrong. Democrats don't want white, elderly evangelicals voting either. Ideally we'd live in a world where race didn't have such strong correlation with voting patterns, but as long as we do neither party is going to want any demographic that strongly opposes their platform to vote.

That doesn't mean I support restrictive voter ID laws, though.

What laws are Democrats passing to keep geriatric white people from voting?

Just stop trying to paint whites as victims in a system institutionalized to benefit them at every turn. There is nowhere in this country where bad actors are working to keep white people from the polls.

You do know that some Democrats are waiting on older white voters to pass away.

Waiting for a favorable generational shift to take place is not akin to passing laws to disenfranchise law abiding Americans. Stop.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

He's not wrong, obviously it's not all Republicans, but many certainly wish that blacks and other minorities couldn't vote, because they know they most likely won't be voting for them - and rather than actually try to appeal to minority voters, the GOP strategy is to either depress their turnout or just try as hard as possible to keep them from voting without explicitly violating the VRA.

[Bojack Horseman]

He's not wrong. Democrats don't want white, elderly evangelicals voting either. Ideally we'd live in a world where race didn't have such strong correlation with voting patterns, but as long as we do neither party is going to want any demographic that strongly opposes their platform to vote.

That doesn't mean I support restrictive voter ID laws, though.

What laws have Democrats put in place to block white evangelicals from voting?

[junior chįmp]

He's not wrong, obviously it's not all Republicans, but many certainly wish that blacks and other minorities couldn't vote, because they know they most likely won't be voting for them - and rather than actually try to appeal to minority voters, the GOP strategy is to either depress their turnout or just try as hard as possible to keep them from voting without explicitly violating the VRA.

Lol

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

He's not wrong, obviously it's not all Republicans, but many certainly wish that blacks and other minorities couldn't vote, because they know they most likely won't be voting for them - and rather than actually try to appeal to minority voters, the GOP strategy is to either depress their turnout or just try as hard as possible to keep them from voting without explicitly violating the VRA.

Lol

Tell that to the Democrats of Rhode Island.

[DrScholl]

He's not wrong. Democrats don't want white, elderly evangelicals voting either. Ideally we'd live in a world where race didn't have such strong correlation with voting patterns, but as long as we do neither party is going to want any demographic that strongly opposes their platform to vote.

That doesn't mean I support restrictive voter ID laws, though.

I don't know many Democrats who don't want people voting even if they do not vote for Democrats. Democrats have not based voter ID laws or draw districts maps that specifically dilute the votes of white evangelicals.

[NewYorkExpress]

He's not wrong. Democrats don't want white, elderly evangelicals voting either. Ideally we'd live in a world where race didn't have such strong correlation with voting patterns, but as long as we do neither party is going to want any demographic that strongly opposes their platform to vote.

That doesn't mean I support restrictive voter ID laws, though.

I don't know many Democrats who don't want people voting even if they do not vote for Democrats. Democrats have not based voter ID laws or draw districts maps that specifically dilute the votes of white evangelicals.

The thing is, it's totally something we should be doing. An eye for an eye and all.

[TheSaint250]

What a f***ing idiot

[Horus]

Where's the lie?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

He's not wrong, obviously it's not all Republicans, but many certainly wish that blacks and other minorities couldn't vote, because they know they most likely won't be voting for them - and rather than actually try to appeal to minority voters, the GOP strategy is to either depress their turnout or just try as hard as possible to keep them from voting without explicitly violating the VRA.

Lol

Tell that to the Democrats of Rhode Island.

Right. It’s all Republicans plus the Bagel23 Democrats

The RI voter ID law was supported by blacks in the RI state legislature as well.

[Rookie Yinzer]

He's not wrong. Democrats don't want white, elderly evangelicals voting either. Ideally we'd live in a world where race didn't have such strong correlation with voting patterns, but as long as we do neither party is going to want any demographic that strongly opposes their platform to vote.

That doesn't mean I support restrictive voter ID laws, though.

I don't know many Democrats who don't want people voting even if they do not vote for Democrats. Democrats have not based voter ID laws or draw districts maps that specifically dilute the votes of white evangelicals.

The thing is, it's totally something we should be doing. An eye for an eye and all.

No. You won't feel the blowback from it. Black voters, especially those in the Deep South will. I could write a book about voter suppression and voter intimidation tactics that still take place today, absolutely unprovoked. I can only imagine what they'll do if Democrats nationally engage in a war to keep Republicans from the ballot box.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

There's a difference between simply hoping for a lower turnout among the demographics that supports the other side, and engaging in a blatant voter suppression. Unfortunately the latter is a serious problem.

[MarkD]

Oh, sure. Republicans don't want "folks" like Clarence Thomas and Tim Scott voting. Uh-huh. Right.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Oh, sure. Republicans don't want "folks" like Clarence Thomas and Tim Scott voting. Uh-huh. Right.

There's a nice precedent for that. During Jim Crow there always were a handful of Black voters.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Oh, sure. Republicans don't want "folks" like Clarence Thomas and Tim Scott voting. Uh-huh. Right.

Actually those might be the only ones they want voting. Carson and Herman Cain too. Other than that...

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

Oh, sure. Republicans don't want "folks" like Clarence Thomas and Tim Scott voting. Uh-huh. Right.

There's a nice precedent for that. During Jim Crow there always were a handful of Black voters.

I don't see your point, for instance, almost all of the 1.89% that Herbert Hoover got in South Carolina in 1932 was likely black voters.

[henster]

Remember when Biden said 'They're going to put y'all back in chains', he has a way of saying things in a really stupid way that turn people off and this is why he wouldn't be a good candidate.