“And since the voter law did not get passed this year that could hit you with $100,000 and three years for unsuccessfully challenging a voter, we can still do this,” said Tim Dake, a prominent tea party member with the Wisconsin GrandSons for Liberty, the group that provided cover for Americans for Prosperity and the Wisconsin GOP by agreeing to be the public face for the campaign.
“Hallelujah,” shouted an unidentified meeting attendee in response.
“Yes, everybody gets to take credit for that,” replied Dake, before decrying early voting and detailing purported instances of voted fraud committed by individuals with Vietnamese surnames.
Since the only actual case of individual voter fraud we can think of is Ann Coulter, it's pretty obvious this is just another shot in the long Republican war on democracy.
It's also worth noting how their efforts to take away people's vote always seem to target minorities.
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