 Instead, the public Republican message is all about race, or the subset of race, religion. Muslim stands in for brown Arab in GOP speak, and immigration, a.k.a. brown people from south of our border, and socialism. Meanwhile, Republican secretaries of state across the nation are vigorously purging voters from their roles. Over 17 million, more than 10 percent of America's active voters, in just the 2016-2018 period, according to NBC News.