Chip Roy's SAVE Act: Recycling Decades-Old Voter Suppression Tactics
From Poll Taxes to Photo IDs: A continuation of Conservative's legacy of voter disenfranchisement.
https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/chip-roys-save-act-recycling-decades
The way that social media algorithms work is that if I interact with an account, or an account interacts with me regularly, then I am most likely to see that person on my feed (even if we weren’t following each other).
I’ve been researching which Texas Republicans are involved with Project 2025 and which have ties with the Heritage Foundation’s CEO, Kevin Roberts. Roberts recently said, “The far-right is having a second Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it.”
Unfortunately, Kevin Roberts started his career at the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), a group deeply connected to the Republicans in the Texas Legislature. Many Texas Republicans have ties with Project 2025. However, in my research, one Texas politician had more interviews and attended more events with Kevin Roberts than any other Republican.
That Republican is Congressman Chip Roy.
Because I have been posting photos of Chip Roy and Kevin Roberts on Twitter and tagging Congressman Roy in them, now his fascist Republican dribble is all over my news feed—particularly H.R.8281 - Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. We’ll get to that, but first, here is Chip Roy and his many appearances with Kevin Roberts (who wants the left to allow a fascist takeover of the government, and if we don’t, he promises violence):