BeccaM • 12 hours ago • edited Florida Republicans: “No voting right for felons. Stop asking why most of them are people of color.”
Florida voters: “We’re restoring voting rights to all felons who’ve done their time!”
FL GOP: “Not so fast. They have to pay their fines, fees, and any restitution.”
GOP-majority SCOTUS: “Not Jim Crow, nosiree, not a poll tax. This is perfectly fine.”
(insert dog in flaming room “This is Fine” gif)
Ex-felons: “What if we can never afford it, in large part because we can’t get jobs as ex-felons.”
FL GOP: “Not our problem.”
Ex-felons: “At least tell us how much we owe and to whom we have to pay it.”
FL GOP: “No. And if you register to vote, you’ll be charged with more felony crimes.”
Ex-felons: “Then how are we supposed to ever get our right to vote back?”
FL GOP: “Not our problem. Can’t you take a hint?”
Bloomberg: “I’ll raise millions to pay the fines at least for those we can identify. You’ll get your voting rights back in time for this election.”
FL GOP: “NOW WAIT A DAMNED MINUTE! The whole point was to make sure millions of people-of-color, especially Black Americans, never get to vote again.”
News media: “You just said the quiet part out loud again. This is all just another Jim Crow law under another name and the same old justification. Intentionally racist discrimination.”
FL GOP: “Yes. We don’t care. The South African Boers had the right idea.”
