MILWAUKEE (AP) - Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman’s comment to a Milwaukee TV station that Wisconsin’s newly enacted voter ID law will “make a little bit of a difference” in helping the GOP in November has sparked retorts on social media.
A link to a video of Grothman’s comment has been retweeted hundreds of times, with some saying it was a gaffe that shows the law was intended to suppress the Democratic vote, WTMJ-TV reported (https://bit.ly/1VwNMMr ).
At a Ted Cruz victory party Tuesday, a WTMJ reporter asked Grothman whether a Republican can win the White House.
“Hillary Clinton is about the weakest candidate that the Democrats have ever put up, and now we have photo ID. I think photo ID is going to make a little bit of difference as well,” Grothman said. His office didn’t immediately respond to phone or email messages from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed the voter ID in 2011 after it was passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, but court battles kept it from taking effect until this year. Supporters say it prevents fraud, while critics say widespread fraud doesn’t exist in Wisconsin and that the law disenfranchises young, poor and minority voters who tend to support Democrats and are less likely to have the mandated forms of identification.
The last Republican presidential candidate to carry Wisconsin was Ronald Regan in 1984.
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Information from: WTMJ-TV, https://www.todaystmj4.com
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