Miami Herald Eviscerates Rubio For Playing “Culture-War Card” To Distract From GOP’s Attack on Voting Rights

Miami Herald Editorial Board To Rubio: “Georgia’s Racist Voting Law…Is The Problem…So Are You”

The Miami Herald Editorial Board published a scathing editorial this weekend eviscerating vulnerable incumbent Senator Marco Rubio for “playing the culture-war card to distract us from Republicans’ un-American efforts.” 

The Herald also condemned Florida Republicans’ “partisan attack on voting” and warned that they have “started down the same path” as the national party. The brutal editorial ended with a clear warning for Marco Rubio: “voters will not be discouraged…we will remember this in November 2022.”

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• Florida Sen. Marco Rubio lashed out Thursday at Delta and Coca-Cola for daring — finally — to speak out against the restrictive Georgia law that makes it harder for people to vote — especially African Americans. In a Twitter video, he criticized the two high-profile Georgia companies for ties to China and tried to get a “woke corporate hypocrites” hashtag trending.

• But he’s just trying to distract you. This isn’t about the corporations. It’s about a terrible law, a blatant attempt by Republicans trying to control the voting process in Georgia. They’ve stooped so low in the law that they even prohibit giving water to voters waiting in line. It’s part of Republican efforts nationwide to ensure that the party never, ever loses another election — even if they have to cheat to do it.

• The law recently approved by the Georgia Legislature is a Republican power grab in a state that voted blue in the presidential and Senate elections, the first such Democratic victories there in a generation.

• Unfortunately, Florida has started down the same path. Even though the state had a smooth election and former President Trump carried it, Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee are trying to prohibit ballot drop boxes in Senate Bill 90 and force voters to reapply for mail ballots for every election cycle, instead of every two cycles.

• All of that amounts to another partisan attack on voting in Florida.

• He’s playing the culture-war card to distract us from Republicans’ un-American efforts. Don’t be fooled by their favorite scare tactics — claiming “wokeness” and “cancel culture.”

• Rubio — who is up for reelection next year — and his like-minded colleagues need to know that voters will not be discouraged. 

• We will remember this in November 2022.

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