Chris Wallace nails Greg Abbott for racist election law: 'The point is to suppress voting by people

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Chris Wallace nails Greg Abbott for racist election law: 'The point is to suppress voting by people of color'


David Edwards July 11, 2021


Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday grilled Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) about new voting restrictions that reportedly could suppress Black voters.


During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Wallace noted that a Republican-backed law would ban 24-hour voting and drive-through voting.

"There was no indication of fraud in either of those," the Fox News host said. "Harris County employed both of those and more than half of the voters who showed up were people of color."


"So you say you want to make it easier to vote," Wallace continued. "That's going to make it harder to vote. And then the question is why make it harder for some Texans to vote unless the point is suppress voting by people of color?"


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Chris Wallace nails Greg Abbott for racist election law: 'The point is to suppress voting by people of color'

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. It's so racist even Fox News can see it.

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[RayStar]

22. Thank you Chris

I was so pleased watching Chris Wallace go after Abbott.

[twodogsbarking]

2. Abbott replies " hell yes "

[Paladin]

3. Thank you, Chris Wallace.

And fuck you dead, Greg Abbott. Try devoting more time to fixing the 3rd-rate power grid you've perpetuated on Texas, and less time on depriving citizens of the right to vote. Or is doing something that positive just beyond your limited capabilities?

No need to answer that last question, the answer is already painfully obvious...

[Thomas Hurt]

4. Chris Wallace is Fox's token balancer.

[mjvpi]

8. He seems to call out hypocrisy consistently. I respect him as a journalist.

Thank goodness Fox has one.

[Thomas Hurt]

12. Oh he is sincere, but he is just there to give the whole fair and balanced thing credence.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. Hmmm. I almost agree.. but a bit differently. He does

care and asks GOPers great pointed questions. BUT then, in order to look fair and balanced, he doesn't really go the extra mile to pin them down. He'll ask three times and not got a direct answer... Then it's like fawning over them starts - thanking them for coming on show.

[DallasNE]

5. The Supreme Court

Has ruled that as long as there is an opportunity to vote it doesn’t matter if the outcome is unequal. Seems like that would allow segregated rest rooms. One clean and modern for whites and one unkept and small for people of color. It meets the opportunity test as does the Abbott law.

[paleotn]

6. Good point.

That's essentially what this SCOTUS has ruled.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

10. "Separate but equal."

That term appeared n Plessy v. Ferguson, a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. It was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, in which the Court ruled, "Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”

It's going to take another Brown case unless Manchin and Sinema are willing to let go of their worship of the filibuster and the let the "For the People Act" become law.

[DallasNE]

18. What I'm Saying

Is that the Supreme Court has already chipped away at Brown v. Board of Education and the new standard is simply equal opportunity. The Arizona voting laws are likewise inherently unequal but still legal because the new standard is only equal opportunity.

[Mike Nelson]

7. News Flash...

... Chris Wallace is great at recognizing the truth about Abbott and these new election laws. Why isn't he just as great in recognizing the truth about FOX "News"?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. What I would love to ask him too. Prove yourself

if you are a real journalost who is seeking truth... Go to CNN/MSNBC ??? Or even a nightly show on NBC, ABC or CBS. Or do like your father did .. go to 60 min

Don't think there's any evidence he's changed any viewer opinions is there? Prove you have or move.

[BlueWavePsych]

9. "why make it harder for some Texans to vote unless the point is suppress voting by people of color?"

[Hulk]

11. Misleading headline again...

Wallace hardly "nailed" that weasel. Yes... he called him on a few things.... but Abbott did the usual GQP side step and rambled on about the " state constitution", voting in Delaware, integrity of elections, and all the other smoke and mirror crap they spew to there brainless idiot supporters.

"Wallace calls out Abbott voter suppression... but sleazy Abbott sidesteps the questions and pulls another fast one" would be a better title.

[jaxexpat]

13. That's what I saw as well.

Whoever keeps touting the "nailed" hyperbole has zero carpenter experience.

Wallace asked some good questions but, as far as I saw, he didn't insist on answers. That's pretty much how the GQP has gotten by without being held responsible for their lying for nearly half a century so far.

[Marcuse]

16. One YouTube caption will read, "Wallace Humiliates Abbott". Another says, "Abbott Destroys Wallace".

[llashram]

21. it's all

about color and I truly don't think Wallace gives a rats ass about who can vote. Just a paycheck for him. The RW SC rushed into existence by McCON and the First grifter is there to dismantle voting, civil and human rights for all minorities and all women hard-won with much blood and many tears. Yes goddammit, I shed some of that blood. America is showing its true color...again...WPO, please. No minorities need to apply. Your restroom is behind the gas station in the woods in a little wooden shack and no electricity. And you have a water spigot back there too...in my day and now, its return is imminent.

[Escurumbele]

14. Yes, Wallace asked the right question but then let him talk and talk not answering the question

He should have interrupted him and not allow him to do what these politicians do, they go on a tangent for a long time, don't answer the question which makes their constituents think he is right, and sensible when in fact it is a lot of crap he is spewing out of his mouth,

[mdbl]

15. I am glad you all report on what happens on Fux nooze

I can't stomach 10 seconds of that channel.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Impossible In Our House

As soon as I got X1 hardware, I put in a parental lock.
I punched in 6 numbers at random without looking.
I couldn't watch it even if I wanted to, because there's a million possible pass codes!
No Faux in this house.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. Only show worth watching

[aggiesal]

17. Also, I thought voters can bring anyone they want into the voters booth ...

to help them answer questions? It's their vote, they can fill it out any way they want.

What difference does it make if there are multiple people in a car that are voting?
Some families fill out their vote by mail ballot around the kitchen table, why would
drive through voting matter?
Maybe they should outlaw mail ballot voting at the kitchen table as well!

[FakeNoose]

20. My experience in Pennsylvania was different

I tried to assist my handicapped sister a few years ago (before Covid), and I was told that I could not stand by her, or talk with her while she was voting. If she couldn't do it all by herself, then she couldn't vote. Luckily in our case, my sister was able to follow through and complete her vote without assistance.

Now that most states including Pennsylvania allow Vote By Mail, I believe the rules are loosened in that regard.

[SarcasticSatyr]

23. That sounds like a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act

It really does ...