It was a lame argument last week, it’s even lamer this week.
Via Washington Examiner:
Rep. Ed Towns, D-N.Y., followed Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in suggesting that the vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress is designed to undermine his ability to fight voter ID laws.
“You have to think that there is a connection, because you feel that they’re sidetracking him to stop him from looking into the voter ID [laws],” Towns told The Washington Examiner yesterday afternoon, just before the vote took place. “I have no proof of the fact that there’s a connection but I must admit that I’m suspicious of that.”
Towns’ comments tracked with Pelosi’s argument last week. “They’re going after Eric Holder because he is supporting measures to overturn these voter suppression initiatives in the states,” she told reporters during her press briefing today. “This is no accident, it is no coincidence. It is a plan on the part of Republicans.”