Earlier this week, Utah GOP Rep. Burgess Owens blasted disingenuous politicians like Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock who have shamefully likened voter ID laws to Jim Crow laws:
.@BurgessOwens—who grew up during the Jim Crow era—sets the record straight on voter ID.
"Any comparison between this law and Jim Crow is absolutely outrageous."
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— YAF (@yaf) April 20, 2021
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?
— 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.
