Where’s outrage over voter suppression?

We are struck by all the outrage that Americans seem to feel at the idea that the Russians likely tampered with the 2016 presidential election, resulting in the disaster that is the Donald Trump administration. But where is the similar outrage over the Republicans’ equally damaging attempts at election tampering by way of organized, purposeful, institutionalized voter suppression?

Kris Kobach, the Republican Kansas Secretary of State, implemented his nationwide “Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program” which ensured that, if there was a “James Brown” registered to vote in Florida and a “James Brown” registered to vote in California … they must be the same person, so both votes had to be invalidated. Turns out there were 357 “James Browns” in Georgia alone! And this “program” was eagerly adopted in many Republican-controlled swing states that Trump won by razor-thin margins.

Then there were the numerous attempts to eliminate early voting, to implement drastic “Voter ID” laws…all with the intent of suppressing poor, minority voters, who were seen as likely to vote Democratic. These shameful efforts flourished in states controlled by Republicans.

Hillary Clinton may not have run the most effective campaign, but the Republicans’ well-financed, anti-American voter suppression strategies were every bit as complicit in her defeat as any Russian interference. Today, these continuing efforts are odious reminders of Jim Crow-era voter suppression and remain a pernicious threat to our democratic election process, yet they are barely mentioned by most mainstream media outlets.

Again…where’s the outrage?