{"id":499641,"date":"2021-05-12T10:06:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T14:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=499641"},"modified":"2021-05-12T10:06:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T14:06:17","slug":"queen-announces-british-voter-id-policy-washington-post-rushes-to-mock-conservatives-and-accuse-monarchy-of-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/queen-announces-british-voter-id-policy-washington-post-rushes-to-mock-conservatives-and-accuse-monarchy-of-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Announces British Voter ID Policy, Washington Post Rushes To Mock Conservatives And Accuse Monarchy Of \u2018Racism\u2019"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fqueen-announces-british-voter-id-policy-washington-post-rushes-to-mock-conservatives-and-accuse-monarchy-of-racism%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=499641&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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232820060-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Earlier this week, multiple American conservatives celebrated that Queen Elizabeth II had apparently proclaimed her endorsement of \u201cvoter ID.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The monarch, in her first public appearance since the funeral of her late husband, Prince Philip, announced that an Electoral Integrity Bill would require that voters present identification at polling stations. The bill would also remove a 15-year limit on the voting rights of British citizens living overseas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAt the moment, people only have to walk into a polling station and give their name and address to vote,\u201d explained <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/queens-speech-from-house-building-to-voter-id-whats-in-the-boris-johnsons-legislative-agenda-12303190\"><span>Sky News<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some in the United States rushed to believe that it was Queen Elizabeth herself who was endorsing the supposedly controversial policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, the \u201cQueen\u2019s Speech\u201d is actually prepared by the British government. While the queen reads the speech, it is far from her own political agenda, given that the monarchy is strictly apolitical and non-partisan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Leftists were quick to condemn conservative figures in the United States who used Britain\u2019s move to require voter identification as a counter-argument to the Democratic Party\u2019s claims that the policy is inherently racist and geared to suppress certain voters. Outlets such as The Washington Post <\/span><span>ignore the valid argument that voter identification is a common policy elsewhere, preferring to misrepresent every accusation of hypocrisy and context by implying that American conservatives \u2014 and their positions on voter identification \u2014 are based on a false understanding of British government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Something interesting has happened in U.S. politics over the last few months: The British royal family suddenly became a decidedly partisan issue \u2014 and with Republicans more in favor,\u201d wrote Aaron Blake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/11\/conservatives-hail-queen-england-announcing-voter-id-theres-an-important-catch\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>. \u201cAfter Prince Harry and his American wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, recorded an interview with Oprah Winfrey in which they implied racism within the royal family, polls showed conservatives rallied to the defense of monarchy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday delivered the \u2018Queen\u2019s Speech,\u2019 in which she lays out the agenda for Parliament. And this year\u2019s speech featured a notable inclusion: a push to require voter ID in British elections,\u201d Blake continued. \u201cA number of prominent allies of former president Donald Trump quickly hailed the move. They did so not just because Britain is moving toward something Democrats have derided as being voter suppression, but because it was <\/span><i><span>the queen<\/span><\/i><span>, of all people, behind it. Their argument: How could it be racist when it\u2019s the queen?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Blake then ignored the point that was being made by many conservatives \u2014 that voter identification is far from a uniquely American policy rooted in systemic racism, and that cancel culture would have to apply to the British monarchy\u00a0\u2014 by arguing that critics simply didn\u2019t understand that the Queen was reading the policy of the British government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For example, he called out Jenna Ellis, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JennaEllisEsq\/status\/1391922611186245632\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201c<\/span><span>Hey [Marc Elias], is the Queen racist?\u201d Ellis tagged Democratic elections lawyer, Marc Elias. <\/span><span>Blake also referenced Charlie Kirk, who tweeted, \u201c<\/span><span>Looking forward to widespread calls from the left to \u2018cancel\u2019 the Queen of England over the UK\u2019s voter ID policy,\u201d and conservative outlet RedState who reported, \u201c<\/span><span>But apparently, the Queen of Great Britain is racist, too, because, according to the Guardian, she\u2019s about to announce tomorrow that photo ID will be required to vote in general elections to tackle fraud.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3609467455621\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking forward to widespread calls from the left to \u201ccancel\u201d the Queen of England over the UK\u2019s voter ID policy.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1391945988885995520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"css-j7qwjs\">\n<div id=\"post-body-text\" readability=\"34.441237113402\">\n<div class=\"e12o35pe0 css-1wr5klf\" readability=\"16.263917525773\">\n<p>Blake also didn\u2019t fail to include a jab at the \u201chistory of the monarchy and its colonialism\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2021\/03\/08\/royals-racism-meghan-harry-oprah\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and yes, racism<\/a>,\u201d referencing Meghan Markle\u2019s unsubstantiated accusations made during her interview with Oprah Winfrey as evidence of the monarchy\u2019s \u201chistory\u201d of racism.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, multiple American conservatives celebrated that Queen Elizabeth II had apparently proclaimed her endorsement of \u201cvoter ID.\u201dThe monarch, in her first public appearance since the funeral of her &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277890,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232820060-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Queen Announces British Voter ID Policy, Washington Post Rushes To Mock Conservatives And Accuse Monarchy Of \u2018Racism\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232820060-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Queen Announces British Voter ID Policy, Washington Post Rushes To Mock Conservatives And Accuse Monarchy Of \u2018Racism\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}