Im Chris Matthews in washington. Let me start tonight with this. Colin powell, perhaps the most respected republicans in country, says his party is sending a message to africanamericans by pushing measures making it harder to vote, its saying that it the it wants to punish this puts colin powell, the hero of the gulf war in a battle with rnc chair Reince Priebus, who has presided over the multistate effort to close down voting days and set higher requirements for voting in this country. Who are you going to call . The general who wants americans all americans to vote and participate in this countrys government . Or the party chair who supports bills for making it harder for minorities to young people to vole . Who are you going to call . Colin powell or Reince Priebus, the field marshal of the rnc. Who vastly reduced the number of black voters. James peterson is a director at lehigh, an engineer, and clarence page, a columnist for the chicago tribune. Lets start with colin powell, and
All americans to vote and participate in this countrys government . Or the party chair who supports bills for making it harder for minorities to young people to vole . Who are you going to call . Colin powell or Reince Priebus, the field marshal of the rnc. Who vastly reduced the number of black voters. James peterson is a director at lehigh, an engineer, and clarence page, a columnist for the chicago tribune. Lets start with colin powell, and what he said in his own words. He was speaking in raleigh, where he criticized republican efforts to limit voting. The news and observer quotes him as saying, quote, i want to see policies that encourage every american to vote, not make it more difficult to vote. It immediately turns off a voting bloc that the Republican Party needs. These kinds of actions do not build on the base, it just turns people away. You can say what you like, but there is no voter fraud. How can it be widespread and undetected . What it really says to the minority voter
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Bills for making it harder for minorities and young voters to vote. Who are you going to call . Colin powell or Reince Priebus, the field marshal of the rnc. James peterson is a director at lehigh, an engineer, and Clarence Page a columnest for the chicago tribune. Lets start with colin powell and what he said in his own words. He was speaking in raleigh, where he criticized republican efforts to limit voting. The news and observer quotes him as saying, quote, i want to see policies that encourage every american to vote, not make it more difficult to vote. It immediately turns off a voting bloc that the Republican Party needs. These kinds of actions do not build on the base, it just turns people away. You can say what you like, but there is no voter fraud. How can it be widespread and undetected . What it really says is we really are punishing you. Clarence page, youve been covering politics as long as i have. He only comes in from olump pus or wherever he reigns from, and everybody he