How the Left Treats GOP Allies like Rep. Sensenbrenner: Ridicule

Let the latest from Ryan Reilly remind Republicans flirting with aiding the NAACP with any amendment to Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act – your “allies” in the leftist media will still attack you no matter what you do. The latest ideological and inaccurate piece from Reilly begins:

The best hope for replacing a key provision of the Voting Rights Act is a white Republican lawyer from Wisconsin who supports voter ID laws, thinks the Justice Department went easy on the New Black Panther Party, played a key role in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton and once said first lady Michelle Obama has a “big butt.”

Republicans should take careful note – the race groups seeking your support for a Section 4 fix will have nice things to say about you only until the ink dries on the President’s signature. Reilly slipped up and provided an early preview of what happens after the ink dries.

As usual, his piece contains inaccuracies and dishonest statements, but that’s hardly significant after years of the same. What is significant is the ridicule posing as news aimed at Sensenbrenner. The lede contains a trio of racial dog whistles for the left’s base, with the worst saved for last. House Republicans should take careful note. Moving a Section 4 fix appears to gain you nothing – save for a short lived reprieve from racialist ridicule from Reilly and other anti-journalists.