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The Democratic front-runner calls out Perry, Walker, Bush and Christie for ‘fear-mongering’ on election fraud http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/hillary-clinton-early-voting-rights-gop-118636.html#ixzz3c8Og2V47 … #p2


Annie Karni ‏@anniekarni 27m27 minutes ago

Clinton's been building up her attacks on her GOP opponents. Today was biggest hit on voting rights: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/hillary-clinton-early-voting-rights-gop-118636.html




Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a speech at Texas Southern University in Houston, Thursday, June 4, 2015. | AP Photo




Clinton names and shames Republicans for voting restrictions


The Democratic front-runner calls out Perry, Walker, Bush and Christie for ‘fear-mongering’ on election fraud.

By Annie Karni

6/4/15 10:07 AM EDT

HOUSTON, TX — For the first time since hitting the campaign trail two months ago, Hillary Clinton took on her Republican rivals by name, calling out four presidential contenders as she spoke authoritatively about restoring voting rights and asked rhetorically, “What part of Democracy are they afraid of?”

Dressed in a red jacket on her first swing through the red state of Texas, Clinton called for a universal system that automatically registers voters when they turn 18, which would replace the current opt-in system.

The former secretary of state also called for a new national standard of at least 20 days of early in-person voting in every state, a move she argued would reduce long lines at the polls and expand participation.

“What is happening is a sweeping effort to disempower and disenfranchise people of color, poor people and young people from one end of our country to another,” Clinton said in a fiery 30-minute speech at Texas Southern University, a historically black college.

But it was the portion of her speech where she uncharacteristically went on a personal attack against former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie that was the apex of her speech. About two-thirds of the way into her remarks, she blasted the group for “fear-mongering” on a “phantom epidemic of election fraud.”.....

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http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/hillary-clinton-early-voting-rights-gop-118636.html#ixzz3c8Pe5oL6