{"id":9826,"date":"2013-01-21T19:18:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T03:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=9826"},"modified":"2013-01-22T15:41:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T23:41:27","slug":"colin-powell-calls-out-gop-for-attempts-to-reduce-turnout-with-photo-id-restriction-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9826","title":{"rendered":"Colin Powell Calls Out GOP for Attempts to ‘Reduce Turnout’ With Photo ID Restriction Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Politico<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that Republicans should not have tried to reduce voter turnout during their failed effort to win the White House, doubling down on his recent criticism of the GOP.<\/p>\n

“Should we really have gone after reducing the turnout of voters in those places where we thought it would make a difference? The Republican Party should be a party that says, ‘We want everybody to vote,’ and make it easier to vote and give them a reason to vote for the party, [whereas] not to find ways to keep them from voting at all,”\u009d Powell said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”\u009d<\/p><\/div>\n

The Grio has the video here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Powell went on to note that “What’s happened in the last few years, is the party has shifted dramatically to the right “\u201d that’s perfectly acceptable, but if you stay that far to the right, you’re losing where the country is.”<\/p>\n

Please note, though Powell endorsed Obama twice, he was George W. Bush’s Secretary of State and still considers himself a Republican. He says he voted for seven straight Republicans for President before voting for Obama.<\/p>\n

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