In Trump's America, Even White People Can Face Poll Taxes, if They Lean Liberal

[DonViejo]

Trump and a GOP ex-senator lost in the Granite State by a few thousand votes. GOP solution? Easy: Make it harder for college kids to vote!

BARRETT HOLMES PITNER
12.11.17 5:00 AM ET

I doubt too many white Americans imagined that a Trump presidency could negatively impact their voting rights, but at least in New Hampshire, that’s shaping up to be the new reality.

The Granite State’s Republican-controlled state legislature has responded to narrow defeats — we’re talking less than a percentage point — to Democrats in the 2016 election by proposing a poll tax that targets college students: a vital Democrat voting bloc. That’s right, Trump’s presidency has made white supremacy en vogue again, so it was only a matter of time before poll taxes became a legislative agenda for the GOP. Except now the oppressive policies of Jim Crow have taken aim at educated Americans in an overwhelmingly white state (93 percent white and 1 percent African American).

In 2016, Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in New Hampshire by fewer than 3,000 votes (47.6 percent to 47.2 percent), and incumbent Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte lost to Democrat and former New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan by fewer than 1,000 votes (48 percent to 47.9 percent). Democrats won both of New Hampshire’s seats in the House of Representatives, too. At the federal level, New Hampshire is entirely blue.

But at the state level it is completely red. Republicans control the governor’s mansion and both houses of their state legislature. Chris Sununu — of the New Hampshire Sununus — won the governorship in 2016. Chris’ father, John H. Sununu, is a former governor who campaigned for Trump, and his brother, John E. Sununu, is a former U.S. Senator from the state.

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[Farmer-Rick]

1. White Supremacists and the KKK don't just hate people with different skin colors

They hate everyone who is different. They hate Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Witches and Mormons. They hate liberals, outspoken women, civil rights supporters, Democratic members, Gypsies, Gay and Trans people. They hate people with disabilities, people with curly hair, people with dark hair and broad noses. They hate anyone who is Not exactly like them.

I know, I grew up with these people and their cult of the white skin. I grew up in a lilly white community. I am white but have curly hair. I was frequently called the N word and involved in fights, just because my hair is curly. If you think you are safe from their hate and attacks because your skin is white, think again.....you maybe too different.

With the cult of white skin it is not really about the white skin. It is really all about the Hate.