Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) accused Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday of calling the state’s voter ID law a “poll tax” in order to “inflame passions and incite racial tension.”
In a written statement, Perry called on President Barack Obama to “disavow his Attorney General’s offensive and incendiary comments” about the voter ID law, which seems likely to be blocked by a federal court under the Voting Rights Act.
“In labeling the Texas voter ID law as a ‘poll tax,’ Eric Holder purposefully used language designed to inflame passions and incite racial tension,” Perry stated. “It was not only inappropriate, but simply incorrect on its face.”
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