Jeb: W Did Too Much To Protect Voting Rights
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Never mind that Voter ID laws proliferated during the Bush administration for the purpose of preventing blacks, the elderly, and the sick from voting. Jeb Bush says his brother did too much to protect voting as president.
His Justice Department gave the greenlight to voter ID laws, a common tactic by conservative lawmakers which prevents many younger, low-income and minority voters from casting a ballot. And Bush appointed two justices that joined the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision striking down much of the Voting Rights Act. Nevertheless, at an event in Iowa on Thursday, Bush’s own brother claimed that the former president did far too much to protect voting rights — and that he should have placed more emphasis on states rights instead.
Legislation President Bush signed reauthorizing much of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, according to Jeb, imposed too many “regulations on top of states.”
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