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'You have the House, you have the Senate, you have the White
House, and you're still crying about voter suppression'
An MSNBC segment went off the rails Saturday during a debate
over voter suppression as left-wing legal analyst Elie Mystal
and Republican strategist Rufus Montgomery clashed in a fiery
confrontation.
The breakdown happened as the two appeared together on "The
Cross Connection," with Mystal claiming it was because of
"Republicans on the [Supreme] Court" that voting rights of Black
Americans were being hindered and Montgomery blasting Mystal for
"still crying about voter suppression" despite Democrats
controlling both Houses of Congress and the White House.
Liberal host Tiffany Cross began the discussion by claiming
voter suppression had "always been" a Republican tactic, and
asked Montgomery what the party was doing to help everyone vote
"fairly and freely."
Montgomery responded by praising the election law Georgia passed
in 2021 aimed at ensuring election integrity and pushed back on
Cross, who was repeating Democratic talking points about the
bill and describing the policies as "garbage."
He argued that Democrat run states like Delaware and New York
had stricter voting rules in place than Georgia, and that
providing food and water to voters in line posed a potential
public health concern, despite Cross suggesting not doing so
would amount to voter suppression.
Mystal jumped in, launching a rant about past Supreme Court
cases and claiming Supreme Court justices appointed by
Republicans "took" voting rights away.
"Who took away the Voting Rights Act in 2013? Was that Democrats
or Republicans? … That was Republican John Roberts, who
eviscerated the Voting Rights Act in 2013. Let’s fast-forward to
2021, Brnovich v. Arizona. Who said that Section 2 of the Voting
Rights Act was no longer applicable?" Mystal said, appearing
frustrated.
"Do you know what section two of the Voting Rights Act does?
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is how I get to sue for
racism in voting. Who took that away? Was it Democrats? No, no,
no! That would be Sam Alito, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy
Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas. That's five people, all
appointed by Republicans, Rufus, not Democrats," he added,
flailing his arms.
The conversation broke down and became inaudible as the two
attempted to speak over each other, before Montgomery was
finally able to break through and blame Democrats for putting in
place "the nuclear option" that allowed Supreme Court nominees
to be confirmed with a simple majority vote in the Senate.
Mystal attempted to interrupt Montgomery, but the latter stopped
him.
"Hold on now, I let you talk. Let me talk. Let me talk,"
Montgomery said. "I wanted to find out, what did your vote
actually get? You have the House, you have the Senate, you have
the White House, and you're still crying about voter
suppression. How much more voter suppression do you need? At
what point are you going to move from talking about voting
suppression and moving into outcomes? Outcomes, particularly for
Black people."
"Every two years, every four years, we hear, ‘Vote, vote, vote,
vote, vote, vote, vote.’ But what are you specifically getting
for your vote? What are you saying to Black people after you say
voting?" he added. "That's fine, I agree with you. No voter
suppression. Let's end it. But what happens next? What are you
specifically doing to help Black people with their voting. And I
don't hear that from you?"
Cross noted that Montgomery posed "a fair question," but ended
the segment without letting Mystal respond.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-segment-off-the-rails-debate-
voter-suppression
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