Reince Preibus Blasts DNC's Wasserman Shultz

Townhall Staff

Jun 06, 2011 4:13 PM Jun 06, 2011

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A claim by Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz that Republicans want to return the country to Jim Crow segregation laws is “outrageous,” Reince Preibus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, tells Newsmax.

Wasserman Schultz leveled the charge on the African-American network TV One’s “Washington Watch” program. Referring to Republican efforts to require photo identification to register to vote, the Democratic congresswoman from Florida said that “now you have the Republicans who want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws and literally and very transparently block access to the polls to voters who are more likely to vote Democratic candidates than Republican candidates.”

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