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Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ American Greatness<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ed Bastian makes $17 million a year as chief executive officer of Delta Airlines, Georgia\u2019s largest employer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bastian just blasted Georgia\u2019s new voting law. He thinks it is racist to require the same sort of ID to vote that Delta requires for its passengers to check-in.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet most Americans believe voting is a more sacred act than flying Delta and, moreover, may have noticed that Delta has all sorts of partnerships with a systemically racist China. So polls show Americans approve of voter IDs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ American Greatness Ed Bastian makes $17 million a year as chief executive officer of Delta Airlines, Georgia\u2019s largest employer.  Bastian just blasted Georgia\u2019s new voting law. 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