Florida Black GOP Congressman Says Voting Law Is Not Racist | 94.5 WFLA
By Joel Malkin May 7, 2021 Democrats are speaking out loudly against Florida's new election law, and lawsuits have been filed by groups that claim it restricts minorities' rights to vote. Republican Congressman Byron Donalds of Southwest Florida says there's nothing wrong with the law, which includes a ban on "ballot harvesting." "That's not discriminatory. It's not racist. It's not 'Jim Crow 2.0,' which is just laughable to me. Especially as a Black man it's exceedingly laughable and frankly it's disgusting." The "Jim Crow" line was uttered by South Florida Senator Shevrin Jones about ...