Tag Archives: Brian Kemp

Fox News reports: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday said the decision to pull the Major League Baseball All-Star Game over objections to changes to his state’s voting laws was a “political play.” Appearing on “Fox & Friends Weekend,” Kemp said it was “unfortunate” that the league had “caved to cancel culture” and accused President Biden, Georgia activist Stacey Abrams …

Via press release from Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp: Today, Major League Baseball caved to fear, political opportunism, and liberal lies. Georgians – and all Americans – should fully understand what the MLB’s knee-jerk decision means: cancel culture and woke political activists are coming for every aspect of your life, sports included. If the left doesn’t agree with you, facts and …

News One reports: Adding insult to injury, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp appeared to metaphorically thumb his nose at his Black critics in particular by signing the state’s voter suppression bill into law while seated in front of a painting of a “back-breaking” plantation that “thrived” from slave labor. Kemp signed the bill Thursday evening amid national outcry at the restrictions …

ABC News reports: A lawsuit has been filed challenging Georgia’s new law imposing voting restrictions. The 35-page lawsuit has been filed by three voting rights groups claiming the law violates voters’ rights and will make it harder for lawful Georgia voters to take part in state elections. The lawsuit says SB 202 will impose unnecessary and burdensome new identification requirements …

The Associated Press reports: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that includes new restrictions on voting by mail and gives the legislature greater control over how elections are run. Democrats and voting rights groups say the law will disproportionately disenfranchise voters of color. It is part of a wave of …

Axios reports: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) told Fox News Wednesday he’d “absolutely” support former President Trump if he becomes the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nominee. Trump has repeatedly lambasted Kemp since the governor resisted his pressure to overturn President Biden’s 2020 election win in Georgia — notably in an hourlong phone call that is now being investigated in the …

The Washington Post reports: Stacey Abrams has yet to formally announce whether she will seek a rematch next year against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, but allies of the Republican incumbent on Monday launched a new outside group aimed at reining in her ambitions. Leaders of the new independent committee, known as “Stop Stacey,” describe it as “a national, grassroots organization …

Mediaite reports: This week Cobb County completed a signature audit that found only two mismatches out of thousands, and concluded there were no fraudulent absentee ballots. Rudy Giuliani, who has thrown out conspiracy after conspiracy in the ongoing election fight, called the audit a “joke.” Kemp fired back: “That’s a joke. He doesn’t know the Georgia Bureau of Investigation very …

The Savannah Morning News reports: In a tweet sent from the president’s personal account on Wednesday, President Donald Trump asked Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to resign from his post over the president’s disagreement with the handling of the Nov. 3 election in Georgia. The president’s claims that he won the election have been proven false. The Georgia governor, along with …

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump on Monday derided Georgia’s GOP leadership as turncoat “Republicans in name only” even as the party scrambles to stay unified for the crucial upcoming U.S. Senate run-off elections. Spewing unfounded claims about his loss in the state, Trump trashed Gov. Brian Kemp and top GOP lieutenants for failing to back his dead-end …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: “It has gotten ridiculous — from death threats, (claims of) bribes from China, the social media posts that my children are getting,” Kemp said. “We have the ‘no crying in politics rule’ in the Kemp house. But this is stuff that, if I said it, I would be taken to the woodshed and would never see …

The Washington Post reports: President Trump called Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) on Saturday morning to urge him to persuade the state legislature to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state and asked the governor to order an audit of absentee ballot signatures, the latest brazen effort by the president to interfere in the 2020 election. Hours before he …

Mediaite reports: Sidney Powell and Lin Wood, two prominent Trump-allied lawyers, went on the attack against Georgia’s Republican governor as part of a “Stop the Steal” rally, with Wood even saying Brian Kemp should be locked up. Just this week Powell, Wood, and Michael Flynn shared an ad that called on President Donald Trump to “declare a limited form of …

Raw Story reports: In particular, Kemp’s office took issue with Trump’s demand that he overrule Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger to conduct a signature-match audit of ballots, despite the fact that voters’ signatures were only used on the envelopes used to send in ballots, not the ballots themselves. “Georgia law prohibits the governor from interfering in elections,” said Kemp …

Fox News reports: On Monday, Georgia’s Camden County will begin its recount of the presidential race, where Joe Biden narrowly defeated President Donald Trump. Other Georgia counties have already started and that loss is bringing a chaotic political reality for the GOP in the state. As Trump continues to mount legal battles to his loss in Georgia and other swing …

Mediaite reports: Alt-right Youtuber Vincent James declared, in a video posted to Twitter on Saturday, that GOP Governor Brian Kemp is a “traitor” over failing to speak up about alleged widespread voter fraud in his state. James, alongside fellow white nationalist “groypers” lead by “Unite The Right” neo-Nazi rally attendee Nick Fuentes  [second video below], have been in Georgia since …

Fox News reports: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp certified the state’s presidential election results Friday in favor of President-elect Joe Biden — but called for another audit of the votes. Kemp told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution it was “completely unacceptable” that stashes of thousands of uncounted ballots were found in several counties during the manual hand recount after the initial results. After …

“Tonight, serious issues surrounding Georgia’s consent decree — remember, sets two unequal verification standards on the voters in that state. Put simply, a Georgian, to vote in person, they’ve got to provide ID. “However, if you live in Georgia, you vote by mail, you provide a signature, that signature does not need to match the voter rolls. “In fact, Georgia …

The Washington Post reports: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R), who is in quarantine after he was exposed to the coronavirus, can still cast his ballot in person Tuesday, health officials said. The state health department issued the new guidance — which applies to everyone who is sick, in isolation or in quarantine — on Sunday after questions surfaced about the …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: A federal judge on Monday extended the deadline for absentee ballots to be returned in Georgia, ruling that they must be counted if postmarked by Election Day and delivered up to three days afterward. The decision will likely result in tens of thousands of ballots being counted after Nov. 3 that would have otherwise been rejected, …