MS NOW Pushes Voter Suppression Narrative To Explain Democratic Wins

On Wednesday’s Money, Power, Politics, MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle and her panel struggled to move past the familiar narrative that American democracy and voting rights are under threat, suggesting fears of voter suppression helped drive Democratic turnout.

MS NOW’s political director, Shawna Thomas, declared that Democrats shouldn’t dismiss cultural issues, claiming voters were motivated by concerns that both their votes and democracy were at risk.

 “…Part of the reason so many people showed up and voted yesterday, and over the course of these last few weeks of early voting, was because they felt democracy was at risk. Their vote was at risk,” said Thomas.

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