Chris Matthews Foams: Voter ID Law Is a GOP Plot to 'Kill Off the Older Voters'
Chris Matthews on Tuesday smeared Pennsylvania Republicans as attempting
to "kill off the older voters" by enacting a new voter ID law in the
state. The liberal Hardball host offered this baseless charge during a discussion of the true motive behind such GOP legislation across the country.
Matthews referenced Pennsylvania Majority Leader Mike Turzai's gaffe
that a voter ID law will help the party win the state in the fall. From
that, Matthews spewed, "Let's get to this GOP leader in the
Keystone state and other states, this plan to kill off the older voters
and others who might be planning, how dare they, to vote for Obama." [MP3 audio here.]
Matthew didn't elaborate on how he connects voter ID laws with "killing off the older voters."
Matthews began the segment by mocking, "Let me start tonight with this nut case up in Pennsylvania."
He theorized, "How rare it is when the perpetrator of a political
scheme confesses its political nature and that's what Majority Leader
Mike Turzai did this weekend."
A transcript of the June 26 exchange can be found below:
CHRIS
MATTHEWS: Let me start tonight with this nut case up in Pennsylvania.
This Republican leader who declared out loud what Democrats have been
saying for months that these new laws making it harder to vote,
requiring government-issued photo ID cards and other moves are aimed at
getting Romney and other Republicans elected. 
