Posted on 03/09/2014 11:22:07 AM PDT by mandaladon
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN--During a filibuster-style radio interview in Milwaukee Friday, senior Republican Congressman James Sensenbrenner (Wisconsin) charged that the State of Texas as a whole had a tendency to discriminate against minority voters and should be placed back under Holder Justice Department supervision thanks to his proposed legislation. After the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act—a policy that held a number of southern states like Texas and other jurisdictions structurally discriminatory toward minorities until proven otherwise—Rep. Sensenbrenner vowed to revive the law. When pressed to justify his desire to again empower the Justice Department, he labeled Texas and Georgia as prime examples of statewide, structural discrimination against minority voters. “Texas and Georgia are the two worst,” Rep. Sensenbrenner argued. “Texas and Georgia haven’t gotten the message.” Rep. Sensenbrenner’s assertion that Texas is one of the “worst” involves sporadic instances of counties or voting jurisdictions not having adequate supply of foreign language ballots for an election. Out of Texas’ 254 counties, only seven instances have occurred in 15 years. According to Rep. Sensenbrenner’s interview, such instances justify his labeling the entire state as being discriminatory. Former Justice Department attorney and whistleblower J. Christian Adams broke down the harsh realities that would arise, should Rep. Sensenbrenner and the organized left pass his legislation. “[Rep. Sensenbrenner’s] bill would empower corrupt leftist bureaucrats to manipulate or block state election integrity laws. The reason the left is so keen to have Mr. Sensenbrenner’s bill pass is because they know how partisan voting rights enforcement has become at DOJ. His bill will be used to help turn Texas blue if it passes. It will be used to erode the Constitutional balance of power the states have over their own elections.”
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“We are naked before our enemies; we have no means of enforcing discipline of the ranks; we do not heed our base and we certainly do not respect our titular leaders”
Only as long as ‘we’ remain in vassalage to this dead, rotten, Menshevik false front organization which is -scripted- to fail in our political theater.
Wonder what the NSA has on him.
“Actually RINOs are democrats and RATs are communists. Both camps have been around for quite a while.”
They are the two sides of the same coin. Heads, They win, Tails, you loose!
Sensenbrenner’s fulla sh*t.
Sensenbrenner can go straight to hell, do not pass GO, do not collect any pension...
"Only please, Brer Fox, please don't throw me into the briar patch."
Lived in Milwaukee in mid 80s. Blacks were invisible in employed positions. Even the lowest public sector jobs (janitors, garbage truck drivers, road crews, etc) were filled by whites. To say nothing of police, fire fighters, nurses, etc. So, these liberal midwesterners should mind their own business, and clean up their own nest first.
PRIMARY HIM NOW!
“LABELS TEXAS AS ‘DISCRIMINATORY’, “
Love it! You Texans better get it: the more “redneck/discriminatory” you paint Texas, the less chances a liberal moves there.
OR you end up like Colorado where transplanted californians turns the red state blue...
Sensenbrenner used to be one of the most “sensible” members of Congress, but he must have jumped on the Paul Ryan Express lately.
He’s the primary author of the Patriot Act.
Republicans Introduce Bill to Reauthorize PATRIOT Act Provisions
US spying prompts reversal by architect of USA Patriot Act, Republican Rep. Sensenbrenner
More unexplainable insanity from GOPers.
Republican Congressman James Sensenbrenner (Wisconsin)
FMCDH(BITS)
yes.....Ballots should be printed only in English! If a citizen, truly, wants to vote, he/she will learn how to read English. This should also go for driver license manuals and tests! We would also save LOTS of money!
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