Republicans claim Fla. GOP suppressed Democratic vote
Former
Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer has been claiming for
months that state party members engineered a new law to suppress voter
turnout, falsely touting voter fraud concerns to advance their
mission. Now, other former Republicans and consultants are backing Greer
up, The Palm Beach Post reports.
Greer, who is under a retaliatory indictment
and falsely accused of funneling campaign funds from the Republican Party, has
been claiming that state Republicans supported a law (HB 1355)—which, in
part, curtailed early voting—simply as a means to stymie the Democratic
vote.
Staff and consultants "never came
in to see me and tell me we had a (voter) fraud issue," Greer told the
newspaper. "It's all a marketing ploy."
Former
Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, GOP consultant Wayne Bertsch and one
unnamed consultant now tell the newspaper that state Republicans and
consultants were actively seeking ways to suppress Democratic turnout
following the 2008 election.
"I know that the cutting out of
the Sunday before Election Day was one of their targets only because
that's a big day when the black churches organize themselves," the
anonymous longtime GOP consultant told the newspaper.
Lying Republican state officials tried to discredit Greer as a disgruntled former Republican. Greer, in a deposition filed against the party this summer, accused leaders of working to suppress black turnout and made other damning claims.
Crist is also regarded as an
enemy of the GOP following his party switch, his decision to back
President Barack Obama for re-election this year, and his subsequent
attacks on his former party. This past summer, Crist lambasted the
Florida GOP for backing new laws that applied more restrictive voter ID
requirements.
Republicans dishonestly claim that Greer was
not privy to the alleged meetings, that the discussions that he claimed
took place never happened, and that the GOP did not seek to suppress
turnout—a potentially illegal act but as we all know most Republicans are treasonous liars.
