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In reply to the discussion: In 18 years since Naders run, what has been accomplished by attacking the Dem party from the left? [View all]Gothmog
(145,619 posts)Democrats did fight the GOP voter suppression. It was the Texas Democratic Party chief lawyer, Chad Dunn, and Congressman Marc Vessey who brought the voter id case that showed that the Texas voter Id law was adopted with the intent to discriminate. In addition to help run a statewide voter protection hotline, I attempted to fight this voter suppression. The tea party election administrator was trying to gut the court ruling in the voter id case and we had poll watchers observe and force the administrator to change "greeting" and other attempts to weaken the ruling in the voter id case. Harris County turned blue this cycle.
Again, none of this would have been necessary if Nader had not given the election to Bush which lead to Citizens United and the gutting of the Voting Rights Act.