MSNBC Host: Republicans Who Favor Voter ID Laws Are Like Apartheid Supporters

Chris Matthews says the GOP has determined it must silence non-white voters to compensate for its limited popularity

Chris Matthews: Republicans Are Like Whites in South Africa Who Defended Apartheid (NewsBusters)

A bitter Chris Matthews on Monday compared Republican efforts with voter ID laws to apartheid in South Africa. Talking to civil rights leader Wade Henderson, Matthews introduced his sneering comparison: "It does look like it's almost like South Africa to this extent: You have a white... feeble minority. It's losing its majority status."

He continued, "And it says, the Republican Party, we can only get so many white votes. So we got to reduce the votes of others. It does look that way." After Mr. Henderson didn't jump in to agree, Matthews justified, "Maybe you're non-partisan, but only Republicans have pushed this in these 31 states. No Democratic legislature. You gotta look at the pattern here."

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