# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3)

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**Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\
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> [@Monty](#):
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> Nice of them to admit their plan is to prevent Democrats and leftists from voting, though.

To quote myself from June 2020:

> [@Trump's play to have SCOTUS strike down the ACA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-play-to-have-scotus-strike-down-the-aca/913271/8):
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> Both trump and McConnell have said it-- if access to voting were easy and open, “no Republican would ever get elected.” (Trump said that.)\*

IOW they’re very open about it. THAT’S the biggest challenge for Kamala (or any other Democrat): voter suppression.

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\*Here is one place where trump said it:

> **[WATCH: Trump admits if Democrats make voting easier ‘you’d never have a...](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/watch-trump-admits-if-democrats-make-voting-easier-youd-never-have-a-republican-elected-in-this-country-again/)**
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> President Donald Trump is warning if Democrats' efforts to make it easier for Americans to vote are successful Republicans will not win elections."I will tell you this. If you look at before and after, the things they had in there were crazy," Trump...

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