The Florida and Georgia governor’s races are the ugliest in the country thanks to Trumps racism and outrageous statements from the Republican candidates. I bet these elections wind up in court.
Georgia Republican governor candidate Brian Kemp — who oversees his state's elections, including his own race — tells reporters he is "not worried about how it looks" to launch investigation into his opponents 2 days before Election Day. https://t.co/dNlrKcYVtt
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 6, 2018
Brian Kemp's voter suppression record:
Purged 1.5 million voters
Closed 214 polling places
Put 53k registrations on hold
Refused to replace hackable GA voting machines
Led bogus voter fraud prosecutions
And now overseeing own electionhttps://t.co/TK1MMO7INa
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 4, 2018
Announcing this today with no specific allegations instead of after the election or with explicit evidence certainly gives the impression it has a non-official intent. https://t.co/T9nzMHWB7k
— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 4, 2018
Accusing your opponent of hacking an election when you are running against her + overseeing the integrity of aforementioned election feels like a desperate. premeditated attempt to call your anticipated loss unfair. @DHSgov @FBI hope to hear from you soon.
— Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) November 4, 2018
In most democracies, what Brian Kemp is doing in Georgia would simply be impossible: nobody else – not the Brits, not the German, nobody – would entrust the enforcement of election laws to one of the very people competing in that election https://t.co/SXUx20DcK1
— David Frum (@davidfrum) November 4, 2018
Kemp, it’s worth noting, refused federal help to secure Georgia’s elections from foreign hacking.
Anyway, Kemp has a history of investigations that reek of political motivation. https://t.co/eXKfW44SDn
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) November 4, 2018
After Brian Kemp announced they were opening an investigation into the Georgia Democratic Party for what it called a “failed attempt to hack the state’s voter registration system,” Stacey Abrams told @jaketapper he is “desperate to turn the conversation away from his failures.” pic.twitter.com/moD3eM4XeO
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) November 4, 2018
I've been saying for a while that Republicans will abuse their power in an effort to hold on to the House, so it's not really a surprise to see this kind of thing. But I'm still feeling kind of shocked at the reality 1/ https://t.co/K6aVFJXV1I
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 4, 2018
Brian Kemp is the modern Republican Party personified. When panicked, he’ll steal your vote or manufacture a crisis. Watch how ugly this gets, and rest assured it’s going to be the template going forward. https://t.co/x8MxHwOSYg
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) November 4, 2018
if Abrams wins a narrow victory i will not be shocked when Kemp refuses to concede and accuses her of stealing the election with fraud
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) November 4, 2018
update 11/5/18:
Kemp really might be the worst villain of the cycle. Pathetic. https://t.co/QifwIF0TuC
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 4, 2018
You'd think if someone was able to "steal" an election in Georgia that would be an indict of the Secretary of State, not a reason to promote him https://t.co/kMg5eBNMKG
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) November 5, 2018
Brian Kemp's last-minute investigation into Georgia Democrats is part of a disturbing pattern https://t.co/gnQO9CS152 pic.twitter.com/9xWB0xfkVR
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 5, 2018
Sad! 