"If we do not suppress the Detroit vote, we're going to have a tough time"


To even consider suppressing the vote shames a democracy:
"If we do not suppress the Detroit vote, we're going to have a tough time in this election cycle."
-- State Rep. Republican John Pappageorge. Those of us who were stunned by Pappageorge's outrageous statement have been waiting for him to apologize for it and for the Michigan Republican Party to condemn it. The silence has been deafening and distressing. [more]

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