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muriel_volestrangler

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6. They don't have to worry about arresting Black voters, or the old Jim Crow laws, they just dilute their votes

Reply to angrychair (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:03 PM

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They just make sure "inner city" votes are overwhelmed by suburban votes - and they're allowed to do that for partisan reasons. "Oh, you say that those Democratic votes we just swamped were mostly Black? Why, I had no idea."

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