Requiring photo ID is “racist,” except when it’s done by the NAACP, Eric Holder’s Justice Department, unions, Obama’s campaign events, and other liberal organizations

Requiring photo ID is either racist – or not racist. It can’t be both.

Unfortunately, there is a huge double standard by those who claim that such a requirement is racist.

At a recent NAACP event,  NAACP President Ben Jealous claimed that requiring voter ID was racist. However, at that very same event, the NAACP required photo ID in order to get into the event in the first place.

Eric Holder and the Justice Department blocked Texas’s voter ID requirement, claiming that it was racist. However, the very same Justice Department requires photo ID for everyone who enters. So let’s say that someone is denied their right to vote because they don’t have voter ID, and they want to file a lawsuit at the Justice Department. But because they don’t have photo ID, they can’t get into the Justice Department in the first place.

In this video, beginning at 2:39, we see that the Justice Department requires photo ID for everyone who enters:

The same video also shows that you need photo ID in order to enter other organizations which claim that requiring voter ID is racist, including the Advancement Project (at 1:38), the Center for American Progress (2:08), and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (2:23).

This article from Politico includes the following photograph of a labor union that requires photo ID in order for its members to vote – but liberals don’t accuse this union of being racist:

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Britain, India, and South Africa all require photo ID in order to vote – but U.S. liberals don’t consider those countries’ requirements to be racist.

Illinois recently passed a law which requires buyers of drain cleaner to show photo ID – but liberals don’t accuse this requirement of being racist.

Michelle Obama requires photo ID in order to attend her book signings – but liberals don’t accuse her of being racist.

Barack Obama requires photo ID in order to attend his campaign events – but liberals don’t accuse him of being racist.