ジョージアUSセン. ラファエル・ワーノック, 1月に議会に選出されて以来の彼の最初の日曜日のショーのインタビューで, slammed the Republican-controlled Georgia Legislature for a massive voting bill that would restrict voter access.
“I think it’s unfortunate that some politicians have looked at the results and, rather than changing their message, they’re busy trying to change the rules,” the Democrat said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Warnock was referring to a key committee in the Georgia Legislature, which began work this week on a massive new voting bill that would give the state broad powers over local election officials, 週末の期日前投票に制限を設定し、不在者投票の投票者ID要件を追加します.
He also slammed his Republican colleagues in the US Senate for preparing to block a major voting rights bill that Democrats say is critical to beat back restrictions imposed in GOP-led states across the country.
“Voting rights has traditionally has been bipartisan. The last time we reauthorized the 1965 Voting Rights Act, ジョージW. Bush was president, and it passed the United States Senate 98-0,” Warnock said.
彼が追加した: “I think the onus is on my colleagues to explain why they’re not supporting voting rights. Voting rights is not just one issue alongside other issues. It is fundamental. It is foundational. It is who we say we are as an American people. It’s the covenant we have with one another. 一人, 1票. We’ve got to do everything we can to pass voting rights.”
Georgia has been at the forefront of efforts to set new limits on voting nationwide, following a barrage of false claims by former President Donald Trump that widespread fraud led to his loss to President Joe Biden in November.
選挙結果を変えたであろう広範な詐欺の証拠はありません, フルトン郡の検察官, ジョージア, です investigating Trump’s attempt to overturn the state’s election results.
ジョージアの人口動態の変化により、長年の共和党の拠点が重要な政治的戦場になりました.
十一月に, Biden became the first Democrat in nearly three decades to win the state. And strong voter turnout in January helped send two Democrats, including Warnock, to the US Senate, チャンバーの制御を彼らのパーティーにひっくり返す.
Warnock captured his seat in a special election and will be on the ballot again in 2022.
