{"id":7604,"date":"2012-07-10T15:36:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T22:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=7604"},"modified":"2012-07-10T15:36:49","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T22:36:49","slug":"holder-calls-voter-id-laws-poll-taxes-need-an-id-to-see-him-give-the-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/holder-calls-voter-id-laws-poll-taxes-need-an-id-to-see-him-give-the-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Holder Calls Voter ID Laws &#8216;Poll Taxes&#8217;, Need an ID to See Him Give the Speech!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oK2QNM67y64?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(Just audio the great NAACP won&#8217;t even allow the actual video clip to be shared. You can always watch the entire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mafc42MM5zs\">speech<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p>Wait it gets better! To see this speech you needed ID to get in to this NAACP event!<br \/>\n&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NAACP Requires Photo I.D. to See Holder Speak in State Being Sued Over Voter ID<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/katiepavlich\/2012\/07\/10\/naacp_requires_photo_id_to_see_holder_speak\">by Katie Pavlich | Town Hall<\/a><br \/>\nEarlier today, Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the NAACP Nation Convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. What did media need in order to attend? That&#8217;s right, government issued photo identification (and a second form of identification too!), something both Holder and the NAACP stand firmly against when it comes to voting. Holder&#8217;s DOJ is currently suing Texas for &#8220;discriminatory&#8221; voter ID laws. From the press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>All media must present government-issued photo I.D. (such as a driver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s license) as well as valid media credentials<\/strong>. Members of the media must RSVP to receive press credentials at http:\/\/action.naacp.org\/page\/s\/registration. For security purposes, media check-in and equipment set up must be completed by 7:45 a.m. CDT for an 8:00 a.m. CDT security sweep.  Once the security sweep is completed, additional media equipment will NOT be permitted to enter and swept equipment will NOT be permitted to exit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ironically, NAACP President Ben Jealous railed<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/nation\/article\/NAACP-president-says-voter-ID-laws-must-be-fought-3694761.php\"> against voter ID<\/a> just before Holder took the stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The head of the NAACP on Monday likened the group&#8217;s fight against conservative-backed voter ID laws that have been passed in several states to the great civil rights battles of the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Todd Jealous, the CEO and president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said these are &#8220;Selma and Montgomery times,&#8221; referring to historic Alabama civil rights confrontations. He challenged those attending the NAACP&#8217;s annual convention to redouble their efforts to get out the vote in November.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must overwhelm the rising tide of voting suppression with the high tide of registration and mobilization and motivation and protection,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Simply put, the NAACP will never stand by as any state tries to encode discrimination into law,&#8221; Jealous said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\nDoes someone want to explain this? Whats the excuse here NAACP? Just admit it you are all against voter laws because you want to STEAL ELECTIONS!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Just audio the great NAACP won&#8217;t even allow the actual video clip to be shared. You can always watch the entire speech!) Wait it gets better! 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