.MaddowBlog: Why the GOP's 'war on voting' will reach a new level in 2020
and review how we arrived at this point. In 1981, there was a very competitive gubernatorial race in New Jersey, which the Republican National Committee was eager to win.
In one sense, the heavy-handed scheme worked: the Republicans successfully intimidated people of color and narrowly won New Jersey's gubernatorial election that year. But the victory came at a price: the RNC's scare tactics were so egregious, and the scheme targeted black voters so brazenly, that the Republican Party faced a court fight that they lost.
Four years ago, soon after Mike Pence was added to Donald Trump's ticket, the Indiana Republican assured voters,"I will tell you that the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee are working very, very closely with state governments and secretary of states all over the country to ensure ballot integrity." The RNCthat Pence had no idea what he was talking about, and he'd really just made all of that up.
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