Posted on 12/18/2019 11:37:10 AM PST by John Semmens
Newly elected Governor Andy Beshear (D-Ky) has signed an executive order restoring the voting rights of over 100,000 of the states convicted felons. A truly representative government must include the votes of everyone, that includes criminals, Beshear said. Thats why one of my first acts as governor must be to welcome these people into the voting booths.
The governor also cited the discriminatory impact that barring felons from voting has had. A quarter of the African-American adults in our state are convicted felons, Beshear observed. A policy that bars former prisoners from voting has racist impacts. A persons preferred lifestyle or career choice should not be used as an excuse to exclude him from the franchise, especially when it has a disparate impact on a racial minority.
In related news, Democrats in the House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected a GOP proposal to include a clause in HR-1 stating that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) explained that voting is a human right. Illegal immigrants are humans. Therefore, they should have the right to vote.
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They’re sure the felons will all vote for the Democrat felons
It’s OK though. Those 100,000 felons?
They all got full pardons anyway from outgoing governor Bevin.
They’re right. I have heard though, that KY felons had only been stripped of voting rights by the past administration and that this was just a reversal of that.
He should restore the votes of the “life-challenged” in the graveyards!
Yesterday this idiot endorsed restricting gun ownership rights in a bill pre filed by another insane democrat. But will go no where. We still have majorities in both House and Senate. We swept all constitutional offices except the Gov.
Just the Democratic Crime syndicate trying to maintain power through subverting elections with their corrupt minions.
If you are restoring rights, I sure hope their right to keep and bear arms was restored as well! Dem’s always get quite about that right restoration.
I believe he won the election by under 6000 votes. How many of those folks who normally vote GOP, who voted for this clown, knew he was going to pull this right off the bat.
He’s already at work setting up his own re-election in 4 years.
I agree 100%.
I’m in total agreement with you.
Dang! The format screwed up!
Here is a link to the lyrics.
https://genius.com/The-gitch-your-own-band-pardon-me-ray-lyrics
People in KY just couldn’t connect the dots.
“We still have majorities in both House and Senate. We swept all constitutional offices except the Gov.”
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought we had super-majorities in both houses of the Commonwealth.
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