Kamala Harris is mocked for claiming rural residents can't get photocopies of their IDs to vote by mail because they don't have 'Kinkos or OfficeMax'
By Keith Griffith
Daily Mail
July 11, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris is facing criticism after suggesting that people who live in rural areas aren't able to make photocopies because they don't have a Kinkos or OfficeMax nearby.
Harris made the remarks in an interview with BET News on Friday as part of an argument against voter ID laws, including those in some states that require a photocopy of ID to vote by mail.
'I don't think that we should underestimate what that [compromise on voter ID laws] could mean,' Harris said.
'Because in some people's mind, that means you're going to have to Xerox or photocopy your ID to send it in to prove who you are. Well, there are a whole lot of people, especially people who live in rural communities, who don't - there's no Kinkos, there's no OfficeMax near them,' she added.
'Of course people have to prove who they are,' Harris said, but 'not in a way that makes it almost impossible for them to prove who they are.'
The remarks drew mockery from some on Twitter, who said that they were able to make photocopies despite living in rural areas.
'I live on top of a mountain on the WV/VA border and I can photocopy my ID. I mean I do it while moonshining White Lightning while dueling banjos play in the background but I can still do it,' one person tweeted.
'I grew up in a rural community without an OfficeMax or a Kinkos and I managed to successfully make photocopies of things on many occasions,' another wrote.
Another critic called the claim 'insulting and untrue' and added, 'Bottom line: Kamala, you need to start forgetting all about 2024 before the Democrats do it for you.'
Others pointed out that the Kinkos brand has not existed for 17 years, since the chain merged with FedEx.
2 comments:
Kamala is an idiot, but if getting to a polling location is too much of a burden to vote getting a photo copy is bound to be a burden that couldn't be overcome (sarcasm).
In most states you can now get an original, certified birth certificate thru the mail, ordered over the internet. If you can't do that you can still do it by snail mail. Or perhaps MS. Harris doesn't know the U S Postal Service still exists. And most public libraries have copy machines available. You could ride your horse and buggy down to the local library and have one of those nasty smelly old-style photocopies run off. I guess she isn't aware that infrastructure exists throughout most of the country, not just within 100 miles of the east and west coasts.
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