There&#x27;s not a single policy or position that could be described as &quot;the official stance of the entire Republican party,&quot; so you&#x27;re demanding an unrealistic bar be met.<p>The voter suppression schemes are transparent, and they are officially endorsed in the most recent Republican platform. If you want to deny their intent--decreasing Democratic votes--and effect--disproportionately removing black people&#x27;s ability to vote--you might as well go back and claim that Southern literacy tests were a wholly benign attempt at improving good government.<p>I&#x27;m not even sure how much we disagree, aside from equivocation about Republicans taking that position to increase odds of winning and Democrats taking the opposite to increase their odds. But the USA has a long and storied history of screwing over black people and their civil rights, so we should be especially sensitive about policies that target them to undermine their civil and political rights.