Backfires

The joke’s on the Republicans and it is a real doozy
Their ballot access cuts could make their party much more loosely!
They thought preventing ballots cast against them meant they’d win
But now it seems their candidates may take it on the chin

Because voters who favor them they also have suppressed
Along with voters with whom their state laws thought they had messed.

Texas, Georgia, Florida...the list grows on and on
As states restricting voting rights sign on to join the throng

But they did not anticipate the backfires to come

From laws on their books that have made their lawmakers look dumb

Because their new enacted laws so many voters slight

Not only left-wing liberals but also wing-nut right.

Republicans cannot accept they hold the losing hand

In the sad game of poker Trump has dealt our sorry land

They’re betting on a pair of threes and hoping it’s enough

Along with vote suppression laws to beat the royal flush

The Democrats are holding just by getting something done

So ballot access misdirection’s making them feel glum.

They’ll have to pass exceptions to their ballot access laws

Because they realize they contain for them some fatal flaws

Like restricting the right to vote not just to enemies

But also to those who they’re worked so very hard to please

So back to drawing boards they go to revise and adapt

Their laws so on their voters’ shoulders backfires don’t tap.

5 May 2021

Republicans fear new voting restrictions could backfire on their own voters https://flip.it/a16Ti4

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