Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Video of GA Governor Voting Absentee Using a Drop Box Resurfaces After He Signs Sweeping Voter Suppression Bill

Video of GA Governor Voting Absentee Using a Drop Box Resurfaces After He Signs Sweeping Voter Suppression Bill
@jdice03/Twitter // @GovKemp/Twitter

After weaponizing voter suppression to win his gubernatorial race in 2018, Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp signed it into law on Thursday.

Thanks to the tireless work of activists like Stacey Abrams, Democrats saw sweeping victories in Georgia, which went blue for the first time since 1992 in this past presidential election, and delivered a pair of key victories that gave Democrats a narrow majority in the U.S. Senate.


As a result, Georgia's Republican legislature scrambled to pass an omnibus designed to limit the ability of likely-Democratic voters to cast their ballots, especially voters of color.

The bill, which Kemp signed on Thursday, expands voter ID demands, criminalizes giving food or water to voters in long lines, and limits the availability of ballot drop boxes for absentee ballots, an oft-used method of ballot delivery for those who are unable to vote in person due to age, disability, or immovable commitments.

If Kemp's determination to suppress the voices of Georgians wasn't enough, his hypocrisy on the issue of ballot drop boxes became even more infuriating in light of a resurfaced video.

Watch below.

The video, ironically encouraging his Twitter followers to vote, shows Kemp delivering his 2020 election ballot to a drop off box.

Ballot boxes were one of the primary targets in former President Donald Trump's effort to subvert the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to now-President Joe Biden. Trump claimed ballot boxes in places like Pennsylvania were a source of non-existent widespread fraud. This led his supporters to begin monitoring them and intimidating election workers who collected them.

The bill Kemp renders drop boxes only available outside of polling locations and usable only during regular voting hours.

With massive limits on ballot boxes now enshrined by law, Kemp's video hasn't aged well, to say the least.






Kemp has faced massive backlash for signing the bill and promoting voter suppression yet again.



The Senate is currently considering the For The People Act, a massive voting rights bill passed by the House, which would limit the ability of states to suppress their voters. Georgia's law has demonstrated the necessity of this bill, but it will take a bypass of the 60 vote threshold imposed by the filibuster to have a chance of passing.

More from News

Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans on TODAY
TODAY/YouTube

Dakota Johnson Stuns 'Today' Viewers With Her Hilariously Blunt Dating 'Non-Negotiable'

Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans are excited about their upcoming film Materialists and have been actively touring to discuss the movie and its central themes of dating and dating expectations, often to hilarious effect.

Some highlights have been Pascal calling out Johnson for not remembering the first time they met, and Evans epically winning a round of identifying romance films based on one, sometimes incredibly obscure, line.

Keep ReadingShow less
Bernadette Peters; Cole Escola
Rob Kim/Getty Images; TheStewartofNY/FilmMagic

Bernadette Peters Offers Hilarious Reaction To Cole Escola's Tribute To Her Iconic Gown At The Tony Awards

Awards shows always have two competitions: the actual awards, and the red carpet outside.

Cole Escola, star and playwright of the hit show Oh, Mary!, did both at the Tony Awards this year. Escola, who won the Best Leading Actor in a Play for their performance, first showed up prior to the event to show off their intricate and stunning look, an homage to actor Bernadette Peters' iconic look from the 1999 Tony Awards.

Keep ReadingShow less
Pam Bondi
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

AG Pam Bondi's Brother Blames 'Rabid Partisans' After Getting Absolutely Walloped In DC Election

MAGA Republican President Donald Trump has often bragged about his overwhelming victory over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, claiming he won by a landslide. But while he did manage to finally win a popular vote in 2024, something he lost in 2016 and 2020, it was hardly a landslide.

About 90 million eligible, registered voters didn't bother to vote at all in 2024, while Trump garnered only ~77 million votes, VP Harris received about ~75 million—a difference of only ~2 million which is less than the population of Trump's hometown of Queens, New York City.

Keep ReadingShow less
Kristi Noem
Alex Brandon - Pool/Getty Images

Kristi Noem's Past Views On National Guard Come Back To Bite Her After She Backs Trump Amid LA Protests

California Governor Gavin Newsom called out the hypocrisy of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after sharing a clip from last year showing she'd once criticized the Biden administration for considering deploying the National Guard when Democrats suggested it as a response to Texas' immigration crackdown at the time.

That's noteworthy because Noem has made an about-face, defending President Donald Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles amid ongoing protests in response to his administration's immigration raids by claiming he'd taken this drastic step "for the safety of this community ... to keep peace."

Keep ReadingShow less
Gavin Newsom; Jim Jordan
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Gavin Newsom Perfectly Calls Out Jim Jordan's Hypocrisy After Jordan Rants About What We Do 'In America'

After Ohio Representative Jim Jordan criticized Los Angeles protesters who've held Mexican flags in a symbolic move against President Donald Trump's immigration policies, California Governor Gavin Newsom called out his hypocrisy by sharing images of the January 6 insurrection.

Jordan, who chairs the House Judiciary Account, used the body's official X account to admonish "Democrat-run Los Angeles" by sharing a Fox News video of a protester who waved a Mexican flag as he circled a burning car on his motorcycle.

Keep ReadingShow less