Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton warns black legal activists that “there is mischief afoot” when it comes to voting rights issues in the United States.
Speaking at the National Bar Association’s 60th anniversary celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Montgomery bus boycott Dec. 1 in Alabama, Clinton appealed to the conspiracy-minded instincts of those who believe that photo ID laws represent a Republican effort to suppress the vote, rather than a way to prevent voter fraud.
“I thought we’d solved that problem,” Clinton said about voting access. “Unfortunately, there is mischief afoot. Some people are just determined to keep other Americans from voting.”
Clinton cited the closing of some DMV offices in Alabama, as part of necessary budget cuts, as a vote-suppressing plot, despite evidence to the contrary.
Clinton was introduced at the event by Benjamin Crump, the high-profile lawyer for the Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown families who was recently named president of the National Bar Association following his headline-grabbing advocacy work.
