Nets Accuse SCOTUS of Giving GOP 'Green light' to 'Restrict' Voting Rights

Nicholas Fondacaro | July 1, 2021
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ABC, CBS, and NBC were irate Thursday night after the Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 ruling that preserved Arizona’s election integrity laws, spelling doom for liberal efforts to undo conservative-backed election protections. In the course of a few months, the liberal media went from declaring any criticism of the Supreme Court an ‘attack on democracy’ to accusing the same court of giving Republicans the “green light” to target minorities and “restrict voting access.”

The coverage on ABC’s World News Tonight was by far the slimiest as fill-in anchor Linsey David and senior national correspondent Terry Moran led the way in flinging all matter of smears and lies.

The conservative majority upholding two Arizona voting restrictions that opponents claim would unfairly result in racial discrimination,” Davis announced. And according to Moran “the Supreme Court today gave a green light” to Republican legislatures that were supposedly trying to “make voting more difficult, especially for minorities.”

After scoffing at criticism of the dubious tactic known as ballot harvesting and the idea that votes should only count in the right precinct, Moran had a bone to pick with conservative Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the majority opinion, accusing him of not caring about Native Americans.

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