'Dangerous to democracy': Colin Allred slams GOP lawmaker's 'quality of votes' comments

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The Democratic Texas congressman said language about voting rights is as dangerous as the January 6 insurrectionists.

, he said, alternatively"value as many people as possible voting," even though"everybody shouldn't be voting.""Everyone should be alarmed. It's a belief system that is fueling efforts to make it harder for people to vote and specifically for people of color to make sure their voices are heard in their democracy, too," State Representative Athena Salman , a ranking member to Kavanagh in the House Government and Elections Committee, said to 12 News.

"I personally think that all legal eligible voters should vote. But I don't want to register people who are disinterested and do not want to register to vote," Kavanagh explained. But Allred saw more dangerous signals behind the Arizona statesman's words, referencing the violent mob which breached the Capitol building on January 6. He said that Kavanagh's language could be a threat to the future of the democratic process.

Allred's said something must be done to protect voting rights, especially as violence associated with election results in the U.S. is expected to rise. Over 71 percent of Americans say political violence in response to election results is somewhat likely, according to newpoll by SSRS. The majority of Democrats surveyed said they felt the attack on January 6 weakened democracy, while only 36 percent of Republicans said they felt so.

 

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Registering people to vote eliminates a barrier for American people to cast their legal vote. That’s how you keep it legit and legal. To participate they still need to actually VOTE.

Because of gerrymandering GOP votes r already weighted and that’s not serving democracy

Say it

GOP has been sliding towards facsism for decades. Now they don't feel the need to disguise it anymore. Fascism IS the GOP brand. Remind me. What did we do in WWII to fascists?

Some people may not know all the issues when it comes to voting —- but most people can tell an Ass_____when they hear one. Just saying.

The GOP, is not even trying to hide it's racism anymore.

The GOP seem to believe without the scaring white voters of loosing their privileges and showing you are a racist, they will not make a dent. There is no point to even try to reason otherwise even if disgusting and immoral. They will and are going with it

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