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Tennessee elections chief accused of intimidation for telling 14,375 voters to prove citizenship
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2024
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They’re not doing this because they’re confident they’re going to win
It's TN. They'll win every seat except Nashville, Memphis, and that one West TN area I always forget the name of but they always vote Democrat. The first KKK was founded here, and the second and third were founded a stones throw away. I should know, I've been to Stone Mountain and witnessed Even-More-Racist-Mount-Rushmore.
That mentality has never really left rural Tennessee. Hell, even suburban Tennessee is wildly racist. My parents home town has outright stated they'll never allow public transportation because it'd bring in more Black and Mexican people to their 85% white city.
Also last time I heard this from the city's attorney, he didn't say "Black" or "Mexican". Instead it was an outright slur.
Again, this is from the city's attorney. And he's probably the least racist high level official.
They live 20 minutes from Nashville.
Oooh
So the purpose is the racism, not the impact on the election
Makes sense. And, trying to get in on the party of voter suppression and just kinda layin the groundwork for deportations or simple violence or whatever, while everyone else is doin that stuff
Makes sense 😢
Almost anything you see coming out of this God forsaken state is intended to hurt someone or to benefit the rich and powerful.
The last good thing that I can remember is when Tennessee Promise got passed and made college "free". Except you had to go to either a 2 year community college or one of a handful of specific colleges (which conveniently didn't include any HBCUs). And then you had to be enrolled in a 2 year program. And if you ever dared to declare a major (which was really easy to do accidentally), you immediately lost it for every future semester with no hope of an appeal.
Basically, there were a million ways to lose it and never get it back. This isn't evidence of anything, but I don't know a single person who managed to keep it for the full 2 years at a regular university.
Have you looked at the polls? Just curious.
In Tennessee? I have not
I got curious and as of four days ago it's a no contest with Trump leading by a large margin.
Here's a screenshot:
Polls are a little out of date.