GOP Operatives’ ‘Despicable’ Black Voter Robocall May Be Legal
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 9, 2023
Republican operatives Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl urged the Michigan Supreme Court to toss felony voter intimidation charges against them Thursday, claiming the US Constitution gives them the right to issue a misleading robocall seeking to deter Black Detroiters from voting in the 2020 presidential election.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, in a city that was hit harder by infections than nearly any other place in the county, Burkman and Wohl launched a robocall campaign claiming that police, creditors, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could use mail-in voting data to issue warrants, collect . . .
