Georgia's Republican Governor Brian Kemp faced backlash throughout this summer for botching his state's response to the virus that's killed nearly 250 thousand Americans and left millions more unemployed.
Kemp followed the calls from President Donald Trump to minimize public safety measures he feared would interrupt the economy.
The governor reopened a number of shops and small businesses as early as April, during some of the darkest days of the national health crisis, only to be criticized by Trump for the move. The governor also routinely fought against mask mandates, despite the mountains of research available showing that masks are effective at slowing the spread of the virus.
Now, Kemp's vote may not be counted because he's quarantining after being exposed to the virus.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp might not be able to vote because he's in quarantine after close contact with Republican Rep. Drew Ferguson, who tested positive for the coronavirus. https://t.co/V0AIka8ZzO
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 31, 2020
Kemp had contact with Republican Congressman Drew Ferguson of Florida, who recently tested positive for the virus on Friday. While Kemp has tested negative, he remains under quarantine for the next two weeks.
The governor requested an absentee ballot on Friday, but it's unlikely to arrive before Election Day, by which it will need to be postmarked.
Given Kemp's dismissals of the threat posed by the virus, coupled with his history of suppressing votes, people weren't exactly sympathetic to his position.
Anyways Gov Kemp threatened his leaders and overrode their mask mandates https://t.co/LGknPjbBez
— 👻👖(BooGene) (@GenieGene_PS) October 31, 2020
Man if Brian Kemp gets voter suppressed by COVID that's some wild karma https://t.co/XFUL7VIPmd
— Justin C. Cohen (@juscohen) October 31, 2020
This is peak 2020 https://t.co/6wErJ5LhZn
— Theresa Cleary (@eldredgemama2) October 31, 2020
What an interesting development. https://t.co/x3sMopRGe2
— Love, Brandon B. 🏳️🌈 (@excuseyou77) November 1, 2020
This is the only kind of voter suppression I want to see https://t.co/Xl9Fp0IFPH
— Rosie Kraz (@rosiekraz) October 31, 2020
The level of irony was off the charts.
irony coming in hot https://t.co/BBVEUQ8eyn
— Matt James but scary (@mattFrankJames) October 31, 2020
The irony meter just broke https://t.co/QZCFYJHvh1
— Jonathan Grant (@Brambleman) October 31, 2020
Sweet irony. He suppressed his own vote https://t.co/14nooW8OgW
— Momma Problems (@momma_problem) October 31, 2020
Show me the textbook definition of irony. https://t.co/V2jgUvvbUk
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) October 31, 2020
Election Day is this Tuesday, November 3rd. Polls indicate that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has a chance to win Georgia's 16 electoral votes.
