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Karl Rove: Obama Won 'By Suppressing The Vote'
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Nov 08, 2012 04:23pm |
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| Author | Amanda Terkel |
| Media | Website - Huffington Post |
| News Date | Thursday, November 8, 2012 09:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Mitt Romney lost the election because President Barack Obama engaged in voter suppression, according to Republican political strategist Karl Rove.
"He succeeded by suppressing the vote," Rove said in an interview on Fox News with anchor Megyn Kelly on Thursday afternoon, "by saying to people, 'You may not like who I am and I know you can't bring yourself to vote for me, but I'm going to paint this other guy as simply a rich guy who only cares about himself.'"
Rove didn't actually give any examples of ways in which Obama made it harder for people to exercise their constitutional right at the polls -- things like voter ID laws, which have been pushed by GOP legislatures around the country. In fact, Obama specifically said in his victory speech that it was unfair that people had to wait in line for hours to vote, which occurred in part because Republicans reduced the time period for early voting. |
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