Roland Martin
Role at the time: Host, Roland Martin Unfiltered
Condemned
Statement summary
Roland Martin said the mail-in voting restrictions would have hurt rural and conservative voters, and welcomed the Supreme Court blocking them.
“He loses again at the Supreme Court... Donald Trump wanted the US Postal Service to be able to put together these federal voting databases... this was going to hurt rural voters... conservatives more than anybody else.”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Roland Martin Unfiltered on SCOTUS mail-in ballot ruling
Roland Martin Unfiltered segment on the Supreme Court blocking Trump's mail-in ballot restrictions.
Why we used this label
Martin frames the restrictions as an effort to compile federal voting databases that would hurt rural and conservative voters, and treats the Supreme Court loss as vindication -- an express condemnation of the restrictions.