Texas Republicans accused of intimidation after raiding homes over voter fraud claims

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[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

Oh sorry, I also pay attention to the news from various sources and was remembering

According to an affidavit used to seek the search warrant, an investigator obtained a recorded conversation in which Mr. Medina discussed collecting ballots, a practice known as vote harvesting, on behalf of Ms. Castellano. Court records show that agents with Mr. Paxton’s office spent seven hours at Mr. Medina’s house and seized numerous papers, documents, family and other photographs, as well as about 65 cellphones and 41 computers, digital and other storage devices.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/25/us/texas-latinos-democrats-raids-paxton.html

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

Okay.

The guardian mentions at the end of the article that Manuel Medina's house was also raided.

So you asked about the "almost 65 cell phones and 41 computers" that were seized there, because that raid is tasked to this one.

And by "most people usually have 40 computers and 70 cell phones at their house, right?" You mean that you think that someone running a canvassing operation must be doing something illegal if they have enough hardware for 60 volunteers?

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

no it's legitimate and texas is just racist, duh

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

Texas republicans appear to be racist to the extent that they appear to be against LULAC.

Which is what you'd expect since they have a tendency to vote democrat.

But the idea of a democracy is that they move their policies to serve the people rather than shutting down charities that try to get people on the electoral role.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

LULAC is a fundamentally racist organization. Being against LULAC is being anti-racist.

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

You think that people shouldn't stand up to race based voter suppression ... because standing up to it is racist?

That's a difficult position to understand. Can you word a compelling argument?

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

LULAC is a racist organization. I defend crushing all such. That's the argument.

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

What makes you think it's a racist organization?

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

the organization erected to advance the interests of a single race, what makes me think it's racist?

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

It was erected to combat racism against Latinos: It was established on February 17, 1929, in Corpus Christi, Texas, largely by Hispanics returning from World War I who sought to end ethnic discrimination against Latinos in the United States.

Yes, what makes you think its a racist organization?