Blake Moore: “Thank you so much, Representative Fudge, for putting together this Special Order to talk about voter suppression laws. I…”

“Thank you so much, Representative Fudge, for putting together this Special Order to talk about voter suppression laws. I was first elected in 1988; and 2 years after that, in 1990, I began a career from that point on, up until this very day, fighting against these voter suppression laws. And the reason that I began my career that early is because our now-Governor of the State of Wisconsin led the effort to require voter ID, very strict forms of voter ID, in order to suppress the votes of certain members, certain populations in the Wisconsin community. So I am ashamed to announce today, Representative Fudge, that Wisconsin has joined the map of shame. It is one of seven States in red here on the map of shame that have very stringent voter ID laws in order to be able to vote. Having debated this issue for many years, I know what the basic arguments for this are, and they're all discredited. {time} 2020 We have heard such arguments from our Governor, who was then a State representative, that if you need a voter ID to buy liquor or to buy medicine or to get a Blockbuster's video, surely you should need a voter ID for something as important as voting. I think that that is demonstrably a problem with that line of thinking. There is no more fundamental right than the right to vote. You don't have the right to drink liquor, Representative Fudge. You don't have the right to get a video from Blockbuster. And, shamefully, you don't have a right to health care.…”