This is why Republicans can use any pretext they want.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/...newday-vpx.cnn
Any argument that they need a good one or that the one they chose is effective is ridiculous. These people are fucking dumb as bricks. And the dumbest ones (and I'm not being unfair--uneducated whites are the dumbest, most racist voting block in this country) make up the base of the Republican Party.
TM