“If you have to stop people voting to win elections, your ideas suck”

As we noted yesterday, in his comments to a GOP committee meeting, Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai let slip the real reason for Republican-sponsored Voter ID laws; his exact quote:

“Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it’s done. First pro-life legislation – abortion facility regulations – in 22 years, done. Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done.”

Turzai’s statements have gotten him headlines across the country, because Republicans normally try to maintain the fiction that Voter ID laws are needed to prevent voter fraud (which is almost nonexistent in reality), and deny the true political reason — to tilt elections to Republicans, because those most affected by Voter ID laws (in particular, minorities and the poor) are more likely to vote Democratic.

Today Pennsylvania Democrats, unsurprisingly, are capitalizing on Turzai’s remarks: PA Democrats Ridicule Turzai, GOP Over Voter ID; Say ‘Your Ideas Suck’.