GA GOP Passes the Jim Crow 2.0 Act

[Machismo]

Just read through the NYT's list of things this bill does, and they are all either neutral or positive.

Granted, some of NYT's points are lies (such as them claiming mobile voting centers are banned).

Yes, because Trumpsters and the GOP want voting to be as hard and miserable as legally possible...

[Felya]

Just read through the NYT's list of things this bill does, and they are all either neutral or positive.

Yes, but majority of Americans support democracy, thus do not want a none elected appointment, choosing who wins elections, instead of the people. Everyone is well aware that Trump supporters, would support overriding the will of the people, so Trump would be king.

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Yes, because Trumpsters and the GOP want voting to be as hard and miserable as legally possible...

It’s like beating a cop to death while carrying a Blue Lives Mater flag or trampling each other while carrying ‘don’t tread on me’ flags or ‘save the children’ being trumpeted by Matt Gaetz kin... this time it’s ‘We the people’, being expressed through giving none elected appointees, the right to ignore the will of the people, while also fighting cancel culture, by canceling the ‘American game’... :/

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Ben Shapiro tried the same with his Disney Line=Voting lines analogy a few days before.

If only baseball was a confederate flag or Lola Bunny boobs...

I should run for office as a democrat, if they won’t have me as a version of Frank Luntz, that hasn’t sold his soul to the devil. Democrats need someone to claim that Republicans are just trying to stop the anthem from being played during 162 games of 30 teams in baseball.

No sport plays the national anthem more often than baseball, which should explain why Trump supporters want to cancel it. Like replacing the American flag with Trump during the insurrection, they want the Trump Corporation theme played instead... otherwise it’s corporate communism.

[D Luniz]

Oh no, conservatives on Twitter are threatening to cancel the MLB because the MLB doesn't believe in voter suppression. Isn't the MLB the last major sports league they supposedly support?

they never cared about any of them cept for a photo op
their support of sports leagues is the same as their support of police/military, except instead of yelling "Shut up and play", its "Shut up and shoot those other people"

[postman1782]

Just read through the NYT's list of things this bill does, and they are all either neutral or positive.

Granted, some of NYT's points are lies (such as them claiming mobile voting centers are banned).

None of it is neutral or positive. And we know this because even that dumbass Kemp admitted it wasn't about election security, but voter suppression.

[Breccia]

The MLB departure will cost Georgia $100 million.

[Kaleredar]

The MLB departure will cost Georgia $100 million.

Good. Money is the only language these clods understand. And I'm willing to bet that most Americans who care about baseball, regardless of political affiliation, will ultimately care far more about their own teams and the league as a whole than they will about one particular state's self-incurred woes.

If I remember correctly a couple of movie studios a while ago signaled that they were going to cease filming in Georgia due to another similar bald-faced GOP power grab piece of legislation that got rammed through... I do wonder what became of that. I know Disney continues to film a lot of their stuff in Georgia.

[Dontrike]

Just read through the NYT's list of things this bill does, and they are all either neutral or positive.

Granted, some of NYT's points are lies (such as them claiming mobile voting centers are banned).

Oh do tell what are the positive parts of not able to give people water in line or making it harder to vote.

[Smitzelplix]

Just read through the NYT's list of things this bill does, and they are all either neutral or positive.

Granted, some of NYT's points are lies (such as them claiming mobile voting centers are banned).

How is allowing the board of elections to become more partisan a neutral or even positive thing?

[SirBeef]

Oh do tell what are the positive parts of not able to give people water in line or making it harder to vote.

You know, less black people voting and less Dems getting elected. These people are as transparent as air.

[Draco-Onis]

You know, less black people voting and less Dems getting elected. These people are as transparent as air.

Trump and other republicans have openly said it "If we allow this level of voting a republican will never win the white house again".

[Azadina]

Trump and other republicans have openly said it "If we allow this level of voting a republican will never win the white house again".

I wonder if it ever occurred to them, that they could just change with the times, and campaign for something positive and actually helpful. Rather than always double down on trying their best to terrorize and oppress people they don't like.

[Fugus]

I wonder if it ever occurred to them, that they could just change with the times, and campaign for something positive and actually helpful. Rather than always double down on trying their best to terrorize and oppress people they don't like.

That would alienate the groups they currently hold.

The party of pro-corporate at all costs was more than willing to court racists and religious zealots using their religion to hide their racism to screw the workers.

The other policies would involve them actually going against their truly platform while also turning their back on those same racists they have represented this whole time.

[Kaleredar]

I wonder if it ever occurred to them, that they could just change with the times, and campaign for something positive and actually helpful. Rather than always double down on trying their best to terrorize and oppress people they don't like.

The GOP leadership is not interested in leading or doing good. They’re interested in lining their pockets as much as possible. A goal that often conflicts with what most people would describe as a desirable end-goal.

[Xyonai]

I wonder if it ever occurred to them, that they could just change with the times, and campaign for something positive and actually helpful. Rather than always double down on trying their best to terrorize and oppress people they don't like.

As Fugus said, doing so would alienate portions of their voting bloc. And as much as we'd all love for them to stop pandering to violent reactionaries and regressive lunatics, they either don't believe they can make up the votes in the middle to make worth alienating that base worth it; or they feel alienating them would syphon votes into the newly formed 'Shooting Noses to Spite Faces' party that would rise up to court the now disenfranchised lunatics. Either path involves them not wanting to cede any power at all to their political opponents, so they constantly need to be the party of 'not those guys, no matter what public opinion actually says'.

Or, the even more likely answer: The people who vote for Republicans to terrorize and oppress people they don't like make up an ever growing majority of the republican voting bloc that they cannot actually dislodge or stop pandering to them, because then they'll get voted out and replaced with more people like Boebert and Green and Gaetz.

[Stormspark]

I wonder if it ever occurred to them, that they could just change with the times, and campaign for something positive and actually helpful. Rather than always double down on trying their best to terrorize and oppress people they don't like.

That statement assumes they want to be democratically elected. They don't. They want an authoritarian dictatorship, with them in charge, and don't care what they have to do to get there.

[Zan15]

its amazing how sheeple these republicans are.

one republican says "oh you need ID to buy tickets to MLB but not vote"

Then its on every freaking site minutes later.

Ignoring the fact that buying tickets isn't protected by the constitution and you can pick up tickets with your credit/debit card, no photo Id required.
Ignoring the fact you can buy the tickets online.

Can i vote with my debit card?
Can i vote online?

hmmmm.

Lets make a deal with republicans we will apply the same logic to voting as we do tickets.

Vote @ www.ticketmaster.com !!!!!

[Masark]

Can i vote with my debit card?

You can up here.

[Dontrike]

its amazing how sheeple these republicans are.

one republican says "oh you need ID to buy tickets to MLB but not vote"

It's no surprise really, many of them believed Trump when he said you needed an ID to buy groceries.

[SirBeef]

Trump and other republicans have openly said it "If we allow this level of voting a republican will never win the white house again".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GBAsFwPglw

They've been saying this out loud since at lease 1980.

[Draco-Onis]

I wonder if it ever occurred to them, that they could just change with the times, and campaign for something positive and actually helpful. Rather than always double down on trying their best to terrorize and oppress people they don't like.

Their base would not survive the change that's why they have no choice but to cheat to win, the crazies are running the show now. The GOP let it get out of hand thinking they could use their energy to maintain power it's far too late for them to change course.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GBAsFwPglw

They've been saying this out loud since at lease 1980.

Yup now democrats have the only shot they will ever have to save this country, if HR1 does not pass democrats will never win elections and we will be ruled by a fascist minority. The GOP hasn't won the popular vote in decades, they can only win the house because of gerrymandering. They are bringing back Jim Crow because they acknowledge that without it their party has zero chance. Democrats better grow some balls we've already lost the supreme court because of their stupidity now the entire government from state to local level is at stake.

They gave themselves the power to throw out millions of votes they don't like for zero reason and the supreme court will back them up.