{"id":359641,"date":"2021-03-31T13:30:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T17:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=359641"},"modified":"2021-03-31T14:14:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T18:14:01","slug":"report-some-democrats-concerned-their-voting-rights-bill-might-be-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-some-democrats-concerned-their-voting-rights-bill-might-be-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Some Democrats Concerned Their \u2018Voting Rights\u2019 Bill Might Be Racist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-some-democrats-concerned-their-voting-rights-bill-might-be-racist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=359641&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4806.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic politicians say they want to reform our elections to combat Republican racism. As President Joe Biden so eloquently put it at his first official <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/joe-biden-press-conference-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press conference<\/a> last week, the GOP&#8217;s own effort to reform elections &#8220;makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats recently approved a massive election reform package that faces an uphill battle in the Senate. As a result, Democrats are under increasing pressure from activists to abolish the 60-vote threshold to end the Senate filibuster in order to cram the legislation through.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Politics<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class=\"\"><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/democrat-racist-voting-bill\/\"><strong>Report: Some Democrats Concerned Their \u2018Voting Rights&#8217; Bill Might Be Racist<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/chesa-boudin-communist-crime-apologist\/\"><strong>CBS Airs Puff Piece on Radical Left-Wing District Attorney of Crime-Ravaged San Francisco<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/buttigieg-northam\/\"><strong>Boat Shoes Meets Blackface: Buttigieg \u2018Honored&#8217; to Appear with Virginia Governor He Urged to Resign<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Doing so, however, would require unified Democratic support for the House bill.\u00a0A <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/30\/us\/politics\/democrats-voting-rights-bill.html#click=https:\/\/t.co\/HOoDzyHT4F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> published Tuesday suggests some Democrats are having second thoughts about the legislation many lauded as a transformational achievement, part of a &#8220;modern-day civil rights battle that the party cannot afford to lose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) opposes the bill, known as the For The People Act, in its existing form. But he is not the only Democrat expressing reservations, even if he&#8217;s the only one willing to do so on the record. Some black Democrats, for example, are concerned the bill might have racially charged consequences.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Times<\/em> reports:<\/p>\n<p>Behind the scenes, two election lawyers close to the White House and congressional Democrats said Mr. Manchin was not the only one on their side with reservations about the measure. They insisted on anonymity to discuss the concerns because few Democrats want to concede that there are cracks in the coalition backing the measure or incur the wrath of the legion of liberal advocacy groups that have made its enactment their top priority.<\/p>\n<p>Black House members, for instance, are deeply uneasy over the bill&#8217;s shift to independent redistricting commissions, which they fear could cost them seats if majority-minority districts are broken up, particularly in the South. Before the bill passed the House, its authors spent significant time reassuring members of the Congressional Black Caucus that there were adequate protections in place to preserve their districts. But a prominent committee chairman, Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, remained so concerned that he voted against the bill, despite having sponsored it.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s awkward. But it makes sense when you consider the fact that most Democrats don&#8217;t actually want to solve any problems, they just want to get reelected by accusing their Republican opponents of racism. Rinse and repeat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<p><!-- \/339474670\/Freebeacon\/InContent --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic politicians say they want to reform our elections to combat Republican racism. 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