Nancy Pelosi told Rachel Maddow Wednesday that she thinks Florida governor Rick Scott's voter purging tactics are "ridiculous beyond words," and that Republicans are "afraid of the people, afraid of their votes."
Maddow reported that during Rick Scott's voter purge last spring, 82 percent of the names on the list were minorities, and 98 percent who responded to the demand for proof of citizenship wound up being citizens.
The Miami Herald reported today that Scott sent Florida counties a list of another 198 potential non-citizens who he wants purged from the voter rolls, including 36 who might have voted illegally.
Asked about these tactics during a live interview on The Rachel Maddow Show, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told Maddow: "Don't agonize, organize." She added that Democrats should "shine a bright light on" these tactics, because they're "just plain wrong."
Republicans, Pelosi continued, are trying to "suffocate the airwaves, suppress the vote, poison the debate, [so] people throw up their hands and say, 'I just don't even know if I want to participate in this.'" But, "we have to keep the campaign positive."
"Governor Scott is ridiculous beyond words in what he is trying to do to his own people," Pelosi continued. "They're afraid of the people. They're afraid of their votes, and they have to suppress them."
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The Republican Party of Florida is dumping a firm it paid more than $1.3 million to register new voters, after Palm Beach County Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher flagged 106 “questionable” registration applications turned in by the contractor this month.
This is happening in the same county at the center of the 2000 Election debacle.....
Nancy was great last night on Rachael. I think the Dems are going to sweep the board and return sanity to Washington. Many tea party House members are losing. People like Joe Walsh. Obama is going to win the WH and will take back the Senate adding more seats, and possibly the House as well. Then Obama can get much done.
This Nosferatu look-alike governor is scary. Not just his looks but his policies. We cannot become complacent and need to watch Scott and his allies or they will steal another election. All of us need to watch the people at the polls as well. Scott and his people are becoming desperate and that makes them dangerous.