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Whoever is telling you it means that, is running fear tactics.

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This is my own conclusion based on observation of the campaign and its adherents. No one is 'telling me that' other than by actions.

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Yeah that's my point. They're trying to frighten you so they can use you, and 'they' aren't the GOP. Spoiler alert: they've been doing it since Jim Crow. They're not your friends.
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I am nervous because I hear this crap almost everyday. In person. I'm not adsorbing it from media in some passive way, it is my LIVED experience.

I'm not a political historian but it is clear that the modern GOP are the heirs to the Jim Crow legacy. Southern Strategy blah blah. It is pretty easy to see which party is pushing for voter ID legislation which suppresses minority turn out.