Michael Steele FTW

[soothsayer]

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"Every last one of your names will go on a ballot," he noted. "Enjoy your time in office. Because you will see the power of the vote come back like a hammer. Like a hammer, for the action you have taken and the bill that was signed into law today."

——Michael Steele (MSNBC)

[tetedur]

1. If their names go on a ballot and they are voted out, they will replace the board that certifies the

vote and they will stay in power.

Does not anyone else see that they have fixed the vote two years in advance?

[soothsayer]

4. This won't hold. And we won't forget.

[blueinredohio]

11. Whoever has the power to stop this

had better jump on this right away otherwise you're going to see all republican run states do this. Then votes won't matter.

[stillcool]

12. hence the need for passage of the HR1 bill...

it's our only hope, and I don't think there are many people who don't see that. We barely made it to this point, and nothing has changed to prevent the same crap, or worse from happening again. Good news is they don't try to hide it anymore. Bad news is they don't try to hide it anymore.

[eShirl]

2. context?

[soothsayer]

3. Georgia passed really restrictive voting measures

Changing the rules after they lost

[eShirl]

6. thanks

just waking up...

[Iliyah]

5. If he is the eyes and hears of the . ..

Anti-Shitholers" then his voice of reasoning is welcome. But, GOPers do tend to talk a lot with no back up. But alas more the merrier for the fight against people who not cherish democracy.

[gab13by13]

7. Attributed to Joseph Stalin but never verified,

"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything."

[fmdaddio]

8. Steele was Boiling

I watched him last night when he made these comments. He was way beyond angry and could barely contain himself. Everyone in this country owe it to Georgia to fight this crap. The black vote in Georgia was why we have a 50/50 slit in the Senate. We owe them big time when it comes to protected their right to vote along with every other citizen of this country.

[Duppers]

10. Amen to that. ⬆⬆ 👍

[Johnny2X2X]

9. Yeah, I think they think this law protects them from the will of the voters

Reps have gone full anti Democracy. They'll go further than this if the courts allow them to.

[Grasswire2]

13. unfortunately, it is the bottled water issue that is taking the news story wrong direction

The outrage is the part of the law that allows legislators to over rule the vote.

And I wonder if the water thing was hyped as distraction.

[cynical_idealist]

14. people can still bring their own water and pizza, just can't share.

but yes, the media needs to focus on the assault on democracy.

[Blue Owl]

15. Fuck the racists