{"id":550,"date":"2015-02-28T03:54:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T03:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2013\/08\/21\/rev-jesse-jackson-supports-constitutional-amendment-ensuring-right-to-vote\/"},"modified":"2015-02-28T03:54:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T03:54:08","slug":"rev-jesse-jackson-supports-constitutional-amendment-ensuring-right-tovote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/550","title":{"rendered":"Rev. Jesse Jackson supports constitutional amendment ensuring right to&nbsp;vote"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/RevJJackson\/status\/370243906786430976\n<p>Fresh off his asinine comment that the senseless killing of Australian Chris Lane should be “<a href=\"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2013\/08\/21\/jesse-jackson-totally-frowns-upon-thrill-killing-of-student-by-bored-teens\/\">frowned upon<\/a>,” Rev. Jesse Jackson is now lamenting the absence of a right to vote in the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, he has a point. As conservative tweeter Jay Caruso notes, there is no explicit “right to vote” in the U.S. Constitution:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/JayCaruso\/status\/370251065859395584\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/JayCaruso\/status\/370252526496403456\n<p>It’s not the first sentence of Jackson’s tweet &mdash; “We still have no constitutional right to vote” &mdash;&nbsp;that is problematic. It’s the second one: “Surely, that is the next step toward the dream.”<\/p>\n<p>More than 126 million Americans of all races, colors, and creeds voted in the last presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Turnout among&nbsp;black Americans was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/05\/09\/us\/politics\/rate-of-black-voters-surpassed-that-for-whites-in-2012.html\">higher<\/a> than turnout among whites.&nbsp;If there is a conspiracy to suppress the African American vote, it’s failing miserably.<\/p>\n<p>That Jackson thinks an unnecessary constitutional amendment is “the next step toward the dream” shows how out of touch he has become with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/163637\/economy-remains-diminished-top-problem.aspx\">concerns<\/a> of ordinary citizens.<\/p><p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2013\/08\/21\/rev-jesse-jackson-supports-constitutional-amendment-ensuring-right-to-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2013\/08\/21\/rev-jesse-jackson-supports-constitutional-amendment-ensuring-right-to-vote\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/RevJJackson\/status\/370243906786430976 Fresh off his asinine comment that the senseless killing of Australian Chris Lane should be “frowned upon,” Rev. 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