law in north carolina is really for. the voting rights act of 1965 protected voters from racial discrimination, until june. when the supreme court struck down a key provision, saying is it was no longer necessary. which red states celebrated by introducing brand-new now-constitutional restrictive voting laws. these laws are just as racist as they can be. congressman john lewis apparently doesn t like progress. in another time, in another period, these devices was used to make it harder, make it difficult for the average person of color to participate in the process. i don t think any part of the law is racist. north carolina precinct chairman and gop executive committee member, don yelltin, thinks his state s new voting restrictions are just fine. what s going to happen with this law, the process is going to have more integrity. right here in this county, there s always one or two that
texas id voter rollout was hardly the voter id story of the week. that honor goes to the state of north carolina, the state with the strictest in the nation and whose republican precinct leader was forced to resign this week after this happened. north carolina precinct chairman and gop member don yeltsinin thinks his state s new voting restrictions are just fine. the bottom line is the law is not racist. of course the law is not racist and you re not racist. well, i ve been called a bigot before. let me tell you something, you don t look like me but i think i ve treated you like everybody else. as a matter of fact, one of my best friends is black. one of your best friends was black. yes. i had a picture one time of obama sitting on a stump as a witch doctor. i posted that on facebook.
stupid, then these dummies laugh. but where does it end? it ends with defunding obama care. ah, [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. i m done with this job. the daily show, national treasure. but last night, our fake news comedy overlords at the daily show made real news again, news that today has cost a north carolina republican party official his job, when asif monozi from the daily show went to north carolina to cover the new law there that restricts voting rights. that law was able to be passed in north carolina because the supreme court this summer gutted the voting rights act. the supreme court struck down the heart of the voting rights act and republicans took over north carolina state government and, so, bingo. they passed this new voter suppression law. and this is what happened when the daily show persuaded a north carolina republican party precinct chairman and republican
that ran on the daily show last night. local press in bunkham county, north carolina, today reported that the local chapter of the bunkham county young democrats was holding a party tonight in downtown asheville to watch the rerun of that interview. and it s clear why, right? this local republican party official, he s a precinct chairman, apparently on the republican party s executive committee, which is not as big a deal as it sounds, said not only what he thinks about race, but also that the whole reason the republican party is changing voter laws in that state is not because of voter fraud or any of the other things they say it s about, it s just to kick democrats in the butt, as he put it. mr. yeltin in north carolina defended his comments to the daily show today. he says he stands by what he said, but he did get fired from his leadership jobs in the state party today because of that interview. the state party chairman called for his head and the county chairman party today said
party executive committee member to explain what the new voting law in north carolina is really for. the voting rights act of 1965 protected voters from racial discrimination, until june. when the supreme court struck down a key provision, saying is it was no longer necessary. which red states celebrated by introducing brand-new now-constitutional restrictive voting laws. these laws are just as racist as they can be. congressman john lewis apparently doesn t like progress. in another time, in another period, these devices was used to make it harder, make it difficult for the average person of color to participate in the process. i don t think any part of the law is racist. north carolina precinct chairman and gop executive committee member, don yelltin, thinks his state s new voting restrictions are just fine. what s going to happen with this law, the process is going