GOP Rep. Burgess Owens’ lighthearted tweet about flawed logic in comparing voter ID laws to Jim Crow laws offends anti-racist types

Owens was absolutely right to be disgusted. But just because he’s disgusted by the “Jim Crow” narrative doesn’t mean he can’t also be mildly amused by its utter asininity:

My parents lives sure would have been a lot easier if Jim Crow laws just meant they had to show ID to vote.

— Burgess Owens (@BurgessOwens) April 21, 2021

Right?

Heh. https://t.co/yhq1bU21Jn

— HouseRepEEE (D) (@EEElverhoy) April 22, 2021

Ha!?

— Anastasia Minott (@MinottAnastasia) April 21, 2021

Good point.

— CP (@CoachPMack) April 21, 2021

?. That’s a pretty good point.

— jpeery10 (@jpeery10) April 21, 2021

Not everyone agrees, of course:

Wow.
That’s tasteless. Even for you.

— _left_is_right, B.B.A. (@left_is_right__) April 21, 2021

Shame on you, Burgess. Shame you you …..

— Khaleesi, Mother of Labradors (@tabithatibbins) April 21, 2021

Translation: "Look. The type of voter suppression we're proposing isn't as bad as the type of voter suppression we used to have. So you should be happy it's not worse."

— Rachel (@2021_rachel) April 21, 2021

Burgess, quit lying to yourself and everyone else.

— jlp d slp (@jerripr42606416) April 23, 2021

The GOPQ'S poster boy, Burgess Owens.
"If the GQP is good enough for him, it should be good enough for you".

— Tracy Goodgaud (@gossamer1000) April 21, 2021

When you’re being retweeted by a racist like @mattgaetz, Mr. Owens, you might take some time to reconsider your reasoning.

— ???????? ????? (@DevilWearsMAGA) April 21, 2021

Harriet Beecher Stowe would like a word with you…

— Trevor Maddock (formerly Bill Blazejowski) (@Former_CAM) April 21, 2021

Get it? Because Uncle Tom.

What a time to be alive, when voter ID laws are racist, but calling a black Republican a race traitor is just fine.