You can always rely on Republicans to try to suppress minority votes on election day. It never goes well for Republicans when African-Americans and Latinos turn out to vote. Chronic shortages of voting machines in minority districts is only one of the well-documented tactics. Misdirection is another (calling or writing minority voters and telling them to go to the wrong voting locations). But now they’re just coming right out and saying it. Don’t vote.
A group styling itself “Latinos for Reform” is taking a more straightforward approach: they’re running ads in Nevada asking Latino voters simply, literally, not to vote.
There are a lot of subterranean efforts afoot around the country right now to suppress the vote of various racial minorities. But a group styling itself Latinos for Reform is taking a more straightforward approach: they’re running ads in Nevada asking Latino voters simply not to vote.
Here’s the commercial translated into English.
And here’s the Spanish language version which is actually airing…
Unbelievable…
