Under Trump, government flips on Texas voter ID lawsuit, says state didn't intend to discriminate

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice under President Donald Trump will support Texas officials' claim that the state's voter identification law did not specifically target minority voters, retreating from the federal government's previous stance that state lawmakers intentionally discriminated when crafting the law.

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Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, called the law "the clearest manifestation of modern-day voter suppression tactics" and challenged the law in court, along with several other voting rights organizations. The Obama administration also opposed the law.