In 1981, the RNC brought the "Voter Security Task Force" into New
Jersey. This "task force", composed of mostly off duty police officers,
stalked around polls in minority precincts with walkie-talkies,
arm-bands and sandwich-board sized posters boldly proclaiming that
falsifying ballots and violating election laws were crimes. As a result,
the election went to the GOP gubernatorial candidate...by about 1800
votes.
A civil suit charging voter intimidation and harassment was
brought against the GOP. Interestingly, the attorney for the GOP was
Donald Trump's brother-in-law. In 1982, the New Jersey and national GOP
signed a consent decree prohibiting them from engaging in such illegal
activities until 12/01/2017.
Fast forward to now. Donald Trump is
exhorting his trollish followers to watch polling places because it's
"so important that you watch other communities", or "some other place",
or "certain areas". "Other communities"..."certain areas"..."some other
place"? Unless you've been sleeping through the last century of race
relations in the US, or have just chosen to ignore the issue altogether,
you'll realize that those phrase are euphemisms for minority
communities.
Back to 1982. The consent decree signed by the national
and New Jersey GOP will expire on 12/01/2017 unless they GOP is found
to have violated that decree. In which case, the decree extends another 8
years, expiring in 2025. And the GOP desperately wants to get out from
under that decree.
Back to now.
Reince Priebus probably spends hours in a corner, in a
fetal position, rocking back and forth, every time Trump babbles some shit about
watching the polls. Watching the polls in "other communities"..."certain areas"..."some
other place". Keep up the good work Donnie.
