In Monday’s press briefing, Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich confronted White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre with questions regarding President Biden’s stance on Georgia’s election laws and voter suppression.
In the past, Biden labeled the 2021 Georgia election law changes as the “new Jim Crow,” creating a parallel between the laws and the historical Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchised Black Americans.
“And then in 2022, Georgia did have record turnout, but you had argued from the podium that there was voter suppression.” Heinrich then asked, “Does the White House still believe that that was true?”
“I don’t have anything else to add from what I stated last time,” Jean-Pierre responded.
Georgia legislation introduced stricter voter identification requirements for absentee voting, limited the use of drop boxes for ballots, and granted greater state control over local election boards. These measures, according to critics like Biden, risked suppressing the votes of minority communities.
Proponents, however, defended the laws as necessary for ensuring election integrity and security. Biden’s use…
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