DNC Distorts Story of Dorothy Cooper

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has issued an outrageous fundraising letter distorting the record on voter ID laws.  Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus has responded, “The DNC should repudiate their statements, admit their wrongdoing and side with the American people in protecting the integrity of our electoral process.”

According to the Weekly Standard, the Democratic National Committee’s latest fundraising letter mentions a voter named Dorothy Cooper, a 96-year-old voter in Chattanooga Tennessee whose story has been distorted by those on the left in an attempt oppose voter ID laws.  The DNC writes that Dorothy Cooper who “grew up in a Jim Crow-divided South…never had a problem voting – until this year.”

As the RNLA pointed out in a post in October, the Tennessee voter ID law (which the left doesn’t bother to read) allows Dorothy Cooper to vote… by absentee ballot.  If you are going to oppose voter ID laws claiming that they prevent eligible voters from voting, you should find an actual example of that.  The left has not.  Maybe the Democrats should be called the Distortion National Committee, because they are distorting the impact of voter ID laws on Americans.

In addition to distortion, the DNC is continuing to make the outrageous comparison of voter ID laws to Jim Crow.  Despite Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s half retraction for making the Jim Crow comparison back in June, the DNC knows that distorting the voter ID issue by making it about racially discriminatory laws of the past means they can rile up supporters and fundraise.

Why do Republicans support voter ID laws?  Ask Reince Priebus.   He says, “Bipartisan efforts at the state level to require identification to cast a ballot are commonsense, widely supported and have been upheld in court. Further, by putting an end to voter fraud, they uphold the constitutional values of equal protection and one person one vote.”

The arguments for voter ID are very reasonable.  The DNC makes outrageous comparisons in their fundraising letters, because they want a political issue.  It would be better instead if the DNC joined with their fellow Democrats in Rhode Island who voted to pass voter ID.