CHRIS MATTHEWS: Let
me finish tonight with this. Someone should ask Reince Priebus,
him being the leader of the Republican party in this country, why his
party is so compelled to deny people the right to vote. Wasn’t
it Abraham
Lincoln who would run the risk of being called a
Republican-In-Name-Only today, who won the Civil War so people,
especially African-Americans, could be regular voting citizens? Or
is this all in the past? Is this the Republican party of the 21st
century that’s so different from its founders that it can openly
spend its time passing laws in the state capitols of this country —
19 measures since New Year’s — grabbing every chance it can
to keep minorities from the voting booth? Mr. Priebus likes to
toss off the charge that he’s responsible for this, but doesn’t
the Republican National Committee have duties to go beyond
raising money and showing up on the Sunday talk shows? Doesn’t
it have a responsibility – a moral responsibility to tell parties
across the country the party of Lincoln
shouldn’t become the party of Jefferson Davis? Or is that where
we’re headed? You tell us, Mr. Priebus.
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