Another day, more Democrats going full Barking Moonbat
Long Lines at Georgia Polling Place Prompt Hysterical Accusations of GOP ‘Voter Suppression’
Footage showing long lines of enthusiastic early voters in a Georgia county drew predictable cries of “voter suppression†from Democrats and Twitter pundits, while election experts said such allegations were baseless and lacked context.
A 70-second video of the line to cast early votes at Gwinnett County station on Monday, shared by an Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter, had racked up over 7.5 million views on Tuesday, with plenty using the footage of those waiting to decry the system.
Democrats seized on the opportunity as a PR stunt to promote their own legislation and cast the long line as evidence of Republican voter suppression.
“Republicans have spent decades making it harder for Americans to vote, and we’re watching the results play out in real time,†Senator Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) tweeted, pivoting to promote his own piece of legislation — which would pay voters $100 to wait in line for at least 90 minutes.
“These hours-long lines to vote are the *deliberate* design of gop leaders and rightwing judges to steal the voting rights of communities of color and a threat to democracy in every community,†Representative Bill Pascrell (D., N.J.) added.
The line of voters at George Pierce Park in Suwanee…. pic.twitter.com/3stVPEuyZp
— tyler, the reporter (@ByTylerEstep) October 12, 2020
It’s a nefarious plot to….make people voluntarily go out and wait in a line?
But none of the reactions made note of the fact that the Gwinnett line formed on the first day of early voting, after months of corporate hype about the importance of early voting, nor that it fell on a federal holiday. Neither was it mentioned that Georgia saw a record 126,876 people vote on Monday — a 41 percent increase over the first day in 2016.
So, a big nothingburger, right? Something that one expects on the first day of early voting? That people didn’t actually have to wait, since there are many more days of early voting? Of course, what none of the unhinged liberals discuss is the speed at which the line moved. And, do those people look like they’re being suppressed?
