NAACP Requires Two Forms of ID From Media to See Eric Holder Say Voter ID Laws Are Racist
- Posted on July 10, 2012 at 7:58pm by
Jason Howerton
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Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the NAACP National Convention in Houston earlier today where he blasted the state of Texas for pursuing voter ID laws, saying they discriminate against minorities and even called requiring a valid ID to vote a “poll tax.”
(Related: Eric Holder to NAACP: ‘I Will Not Allow the Texas Voter ID Law to Happen‘)
Well, unless there wasn’t a single minority journalist in attendance at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Monday, the NAACP is guilty of racial discrimination, at least according to Holder’s blanket definition of the term.
Townhall’s Katie Pavlich reports the NAACP required all media in attendance to present a “government-issued photo I.D. (such as a driver’s license) as well as valid media credentials.” This is according to a press release reportedly circulated by the group prior to the conference.
Earlier today, Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the NAACP [National] Convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. What did media need in order to attend? That’s right, government issued photo identification (and a second form of identification too!), something both Holder and the NAACP stand firmly against when it comes to voting. Holder’s DOJ is currently suing Texas for “discriminatory” voter ID laws. From the press release:
‘All media must present government-issued photo I.D. (such as a driver’s license) as well as valid media credentials. Members of the media must RSVP to receive press credentials at http://action.naacp.org/page/s/registration. For security purposes, media check-in and equipment set up must be completed by 7:45 a.m. CDT for an 8:00 a.m. CDT security sweep. Once the security sweep is completed, additional media equipment will NOT be permitted to enter and swept equipment will NOT be permitted to exit.’
To make it even more ironic, NAACP CEO and President Benjamin Jealous addressed the conference on Monday and also railed against voter ID laws, comparing the issue to the civil rights battles of the 1960s. These are “Selma and Montgomery times,” he said, referring to historic Alabama civil rights confrontations.
“We must overwhelm the rising tide of voting suppression with the high tide of registration and mobilization and motivation and protection,” said Jealous.
GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to speak at the NAACP conference tomorrow.
Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) called out Holder for his apparent hypocrisy today while speaking on the House Floor, saying: “Holder is inconsistent. He believes in security and photo IDs for people when he speaks but rejects valid security and IDs for people when they vote.” Watch all of his comments here:
You can watch Holder explain his stance on voter ID laws via NBC below, where he says there is “no proof” of “voter fraud”:
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And following Holder’s assertion that voter fraud is nonexistent, Townhall was clever enough to include the video of activist James O‘Keefe receiving Holder’s ballot in Washington, D.C., which can be seen here:
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Comments (104)
Thedadde
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:32pmthe NAACP required all media in attendance to present a “government-issued photo I.D. (such as a driver’s license) as well as valid media credentials
Report Post »So, we have racist hypocitical leftist lying bastards telling US what to do? I think not. I say, sit down and shut the hell up!!! I’m sick of the racist hypocrites, sorry, that might be showing. How are American people this freakin’ stupid? Either YOU don’t know what is going on, or YOU are a special kind of stupid. That’s what I always say.
Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:52pmDo as they say, not as they do, Hey no chin Eric, blo me !
Report Post »jdome1
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:58pmReally? Requiring media credentials is just a little different issue than the voter ID issues where there is disagreement….just a little…
Report Post »Prosecute_Constitutional_Treason_In_Washington
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:03pmI’m not color sensitive or racist but has anyone seen a decent black politican lately who holds an office that steps above race and really cares about the Country? Most black politicians are racists. We whites are the hated.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:02pmAccording to eric and janet ….I”m a Terrorist because I’m a patriot and willing to show my ID to vote!!!
Report Post »Scarybones
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 11:55pmjdome1
Report Post »They also had to produce valid government identification in order to get in. The hypocrisy is beyond contempt. Citizens need ID for most basic things in life; driving, opening a bank account, attending school, getting a credit card, etc…. How is it racist to expect a citizen to prove that they are indeed a citizen to vote? One fraudulent vote is one too many and really anyone who is with it enough to vote is with it enough to have an ID.
Router
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:49amIs there a screen shot of the page BEFORE they CHANGED it?
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 6:26am@PROSECUTE…
His name is Allen West.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 9:57amSo Holder aquaints a law designed to stop corruption within an election to a racist law designed to supress black votes. Well unless I ‘m mistaken any legal citizen can get an I.D. and register to vote.
Report Post »And this law would require EVERYONE (not just blacks) to have an I.D. and be registered to vote.
How a law that applies to everyone be racist and affirmative action laws that favor certain races and sexes be considered fair.
Bikkiboo
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:33pmI do not see a problem with identifying yourself as an eligible voter in your own precinct. I always wondered why we didn’t have to. Now my state does, and I approve. Goodness knows we have to ID ourselves for everything else.
Report Post »Doesn’t the NAACP realize how racist they sound when implying that minorities are too stupid to figure out how to get ID? If they can get registered to vote, why can’t they get ID? If they can get Food Stamp, Welfare, etc., why can’t they get ID? If they can’t figure out how to get ID, they maybe they aren‘t capable of making a good voting decision and shouldn’t be voting!
alpha2omega47
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:32pmHolder is a servant to Obama (the Antichrist) and the only way Obama can feel comfortable; that he will win reelection, is by paving the way for voter fraud. Obama’s evil administration is probably already making sure that the unions and black churches are getting their fleets ready to bus ignorant, spineless union members and ignorant, black church congregations to the voting polls. Obama (the Antichrist) is a master manipulator and he has the support and loyalties of those that are corrupt and evil and those that have already taken “the number.” If people can’t see that Obama is evil and possibly the Antichrist then let them vote for him and lets get the end days under way and let us pave the way for the second coming of Jesus Christ. Glory be to God and let His will be done.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:28pmHoly Crap!! Talk about double standards!! Do as I say, not as I fracking do!
Report Post »weskets
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 10:42pmVoter ID Laws – the Irony of it. I wrote an article about this on my blog breaking it down so those even are the far left can understand and have trouble disputing it.
Report Post »http://partisanpass.com/2012/07/11/voter-id-laws-the-irony
grannyjojo
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:27pmThey want two forms of ID from the media because they are afraid someone will enter who’s not really with the media…..ummmmmm…..So, when casting a VOTE, which is something sacred to American’s, its ok NOT to prove you are who you say you are? Give me a break! They rail against something that THEY are CURRENTLY using themselves. What a crock…..They make me want to throw up and laugh at their stupidness at the same time. “Every knee will bow and every tongue confess”
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:25pmWe need someone like Alan West, or Rick Santorum in the Justice Department who are right minded men. Herman Cain should be over the U.S. Department of Education or demolish it and DHEW.
Report Post »Afterglow
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:25pmIt’s my right to fly, but I have to provide a government-issued photo ID before I can board the aircraft. It’s my right to drive, but I can’t without a valid, state-issued driver’s license. It’s my right to work in the U.S., but I have to provide proper identification to successfully comply to I-9 requirements. Therefore, we have numerous examples where our rights can only be exercised with proper identification. However, voting is the one right that’s hypocritically and vehemently challenged respective to identification requirements. The reason is simple: it’s politically motivated by the left and engineered to usurp the sovereignty of the United States. It must be stopped. It must be stopped in Texas.
Report Post »intercepter
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:24pmI’m not a doctor nor played one on tv ,but I think holder could use an enema to help clear his mind ,so he can see just what the racist he actually is
Report Post »right
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:52pmThank you, I needed the laugh:):)
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:24pmOur vote should be better protected than Holder. We need to protect our votes from Holder. This man has proven he is a liar, a cheat and a deceiver and a criminal. Get him out NOW.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:22pmEric Holder needs to be arrested for interefering with people to vote legitimately. Add that to his sheet he should be served with. This man is evil and needs to be out of Justice. He is not who the American People need to have Justice for all in these United States of America.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:31pmArrested by whom, pray tell? He’s already been found in Contempt of Congress……
Report Post »V-MindMeld
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:17pmWhat did we ever do wrong to get stuck with him and his boss? Are we still living in the USA? I think someone stole it when most weren’t looking……. come on 2012 and please give us someone new in WH,,the whole lot needs to go….
Report Post »marcus_arealius
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:23pmAbortion, innocent dead babies – maybe God is trying to tell us something.
Report Post »Live_Free_orDie
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:27pmSorry…but we need to get rid of these criminal D 0 u c h e Bags! November 6…the experiment ends!
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:15pmUsing Eric Holder’s logic, wouldn’t every single tax increase be considered racist? After all, there are more whites in America than blacks, and therefore more white taxpayers… so, tax increases affect whites the most.
TAXES ARE RACIST! Get rid of them all!
Report Post »Caballosinnombre
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:14pmThe liberals don’t think hypocrisy applies to them because like radical muslims they think that God will overlook it. As long as it helps the cause God will turn a blind eye.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:23pmNo hypocrisy, some things are protected under the constitution, like voting, others are not.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:33pmEX, please show us all where the right to vote in a National election is “protected under the constitution” we want exact Article and Section. We’ll wait………
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:24pm@model. I do not have the inclination to instruct you just now. Instead, do you really believe the constitution says some groups do NOT have the right to vote?
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:36pmEX, Epic Fail. As was inevitable. There is NO Constitutionally Protected right to vote in a National Election. You’ve been schooled. Will you learn? NOT!
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:41pmAnd yes, EX, there ARE, in fact, “some groups (that) do NOT have the right to vote”. They include: Those not Registered to Vote, Convicted Felons, Non-U.S. Citizens, the Dead, Minors and those who are Legally Incompetent. I suspect the last worries you most.
Report Post »dblaess
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 6:52am@Exrepublisheep
Report Post »Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:23pm
No hypocrisy, some things are protected under the constitution, like voting, others are not.
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As the constitution limits voting (i.e. felons can not), likewise it does not say voters can not be required to prove they are person on the voter roll claiming the citizen right to vote. George is this you yet again?
FEMALL
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:14pmSo, my photo ID required for voting and my Moral Majority membership card from the 70′s will get me in? Cool.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:12pmCalling it racist because it affects people WITHOUT ID is racist because he’s effectively dismissing all the non-blacks without ID!
This man is pathetic.
Report Post »Dde13
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:10pmI swear watching and reading about this stuff is like living in a ‘TWILIGHT ZONE’….
Report Post »John655
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:34pmSomewhere in a lone hotel room there is a guy starting to realize that eternal fate has turned its light upon him.
Report Post »John655
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:40pmJohn655
Should have been : “that eternal fate has turned its BACK on him.” Sorry, my memory ain’t what it used to be.
Report Post »denkat56
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:08pmjust cant let any old body. im suprised they didnt ask for green cards.
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:07pmand other than The Blaze and Glen….NO ONE is even going to hear this! What is REALLY SAD? Most won’t even QUESTION this.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:07pmThe Peons being forced to provide identification to be in the presence of the Royalty is TOTALLY different than the Peons being forced to provide identification to vote. After all, none of the Royalty are actually AT the polling places.
Report Post »KHENRI
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:06pmUh…. and if I, a white woman is required to provide 2 forms of ID? Understandable precautions.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:06pmsay what eric holder hiding behind the black mafia that goes by the naacp? say it aint so
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:06pmAdmit it Holder the only reason for not getting photo ID is because you need a valid address and many blacks and illegals have outstanding warrants and are on the lamb.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:05pmThe only ID the NAACP requires is color and a registered Democrat Voter card.
Report Post »marcus_arealius
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:04pmSweet !!
Report Post »tothepoint
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:03pmThe hypocrisy of Holder and the NAACP is astonishing.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:00pmLOL .. you really can’t make this HYPOCRISY up!
OMG 2012 !!! LIBERTY!
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:13pmIt’s the level of the hypocrisy and it never gets reported in the MSM, is there no honor.
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