The reidout tonight on the reidout it is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support it. And i hope he does that. At its best, politics is about bringing people into your cause, not turning them away. And our conservative cause badly needs more people. Nikki haley declines to endorse trump, for now. Although Mitch Mcconnell and many others are genuflecting to trump, despite the ritual humiliation from the would be autocrat. Also tonight, North Carolina republicans nominate for governor a holocaust denying, Massacre Victim Mocking Lunatic who once described the Lgbtq Community as filth and denounced the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s without which he likely wouldnt even be able to vote in the south. A man that donald trump has despite all of that described as, dr. King on steroids. Mark robinsons democratic opponent josh stine joins me tonight. Plus, facing likely defeat in arizona, Kyrsten Sinema says she will exit the senate, le
voter registration, cut early voting, banned felons from voting for ten years. and attempted to purge thousands of voters from the state s public rolls. luckily after public outrage, the voter purge failed. meanwhile, states like pennsylvania and wisconsin put in place strict voter id laws. pennsylvania s law was eventually struck down, but misleading signs and billboards like this one were put up to try and trick voters. these suppression efforts directly targeted minority in low income areas there is no doubt they were meant to help elect mitt romney as president of the united states, and republicans admitted it. voter id, which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania, done. ohio county gop chair doug price put it this way. he said, quote, we shouldn t contort the voting process to accommodate urban red african-american voter turnout machine.
contort the voting process to accommodate urban red african-american voter turnout machine. not accommodating all voters led to record long lines on election day. in the state of florida, there were reports of people waiting in line as long as seven hours to vote. these voter suppression tactics must stop, and president obama said he wants action on it. whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very, very long time, by the way we have to fix that. in the wake of all of this, california senator barbara boxer introduced the line act. it would require an election commission to set new national standards by january 1st, 2014. this commission would decide the minimum number of voting machines, workers, and other resources. the act would hopefully keep voting lines under one hour-long.
limitation, fellow republican doug price said, quote, we shouldn t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban read african-american-voter turnout machine. let s be fair and reasonable, end of quote. that was shocking talk. but election officials dennis lieberman and thomas richie recognized the importance of weekend voting and decided to allow weekend voting anyway. and today, john hustard fired them for it. lieberman and richie joined us on the show last night. here is what they said when i asked if they were prepared to be fired. it is as i explained to my children, you know, i can get another job but i-can t get another conscience. and the right thing to do here is to have early voting. in 2008 we had 28,732 people
help keep certain sectors of the electorate from exercising their constitutional right to vote, and in turn, this helps republicans win elections. the republican leader of the pennsylvania house said as much earlier this summer. voter i.d. which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania, done. voter i.d. isn t the only tool republicans are using. in the swing states of florida and ohio, republicans are taking aim at early voting hours, which helped president obama win in 2008. according to one ohio republican official, quote, i guess i really actually feel we shouldn t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban, read african-american, voter turnout machine. ironic? perhaps. these days contorting, altering, curtailing and otherwise complicating the voting process has very nearly become a republican party platform. in fact, at last week s gop platform committee meeting, kansas secretary of state drafted an amendment supporting