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"Tell Mitt Romney: Condemn the Racist Voter Purge NOW."
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:30 ad run June 22, 2012 in FL.
[Music] Man: I became a citizen in
1994 and I've lived in Florida for 34 years, voted for the last 12.
But now some Latinos are getting letters in the mail saying we have
30 days to prove we're American citizens or they'll kick us off the
voter rolls.
Gov. Scott's voter purge affects Latinos the most, and if Latinos
don't vote Mitt Romney wins.
The purge is not only against the law; it's racist.
So why won't Mitt Romney condemn it.
Tell Mitt Romney to condemn the racist voter purge now.
TEXT: Tell Mitt Romney: Condemn The Voter Purge Now
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Notes: According
to the press release:
A new 30-second TV ad from MoveOn.org Political Action slams
Mitt
Romney for his silence about Florida Governor Rick Scott's Latino voter
purge
after the presumed presidential nominee failed to condemn the purge
when he
spoke yesterday to the National Association of Latino Elected and
Appointed Officials (NALEO) in Orlando, Fla. President Obama spoke
to NALEO
this afternoon, one week after announcing that the Department of
Homeland
Security will stop deportations and grant work permits for students who
meet
certain requirements.
View the TV ad
here: http://www.youtube.com/
The new ad, which will air in Florida, notes that Gov. Scott's purge disproportionately targets Latinos, and that Romney stands to benefit if Latinos are kicked off the rolls. In the ad, a Florida Latino voter says, "Governor Scott's voter purge affects Latinos the most, and if Latinos don't vote, Mitt Romney wins. The purge is not only against the law, it's racist. So why won't Mitt Romney condemn it?"
The
ad is part of an
intensifying MoveOn campaign to fight back against Republican voter
suppression.
Yesterday, during Romney’s speech at NALEO, MoveOn circled a mobile
billboard
around the location that read: Is Gov. Scott’s Voter Purge Racism
for Romney?
Voter Suppression in Florida Could Benefit Romney in November. Mitt
Romney:
Condemn The Voter Purge." You can view the mobile billboard here: http://front.moveon.org/one-
As
part of its
99airlines campaign, MoveOn also chartered an airplane to fly over
Orlando and
around the conference trailing a Spanish banner that read: ROMNEY:
CONDENA LA
PURGA DE VOTANTES LATINOS (“Romney: Condemn the Latino voter purge").
“We all know that Mitt
Romney really, really wants to be president. But it's past time for him
to
publicly denounce any racist tactics that Republicans employ to keep
lawful
voters from voting," said MoveOn’s National Campaign
Director,
Garlin Gilchrist II. “Romney's silence speaks volumes to the voters
targeted by
these suppression schemes.”