On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Read Out,” Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) acknowledged that there was “record turnout” in his election, but said that “people will vote.” “We waited in long lines and endured the rain to do so.” , that doesn’t mean there’s no voter suppression. People just decided they weren’t going to have their voices silenced. ”
Warnock said, “After I won, after Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) won, Georgia actually doubled down on voter suppression tactics. And what we have to ask ourselves is… Here’s why and how. …Georgia would not have had SB 202 with its egregious voter suppression provisions, and we would not have had pre-clearance to stop these bad things before they happen. If we had that powerful tool, it probably wouldn’t exist. …We’re seeing record turnout, and we saw it in my election, but let me be clear: Just because people stood in long lines and braved the rain to vote doesn’t mean voter suppression doesn’t exist. People just decided they weren’t going to have their voices silenced. Now, the Brennan Center recently released research that sadly shows that the gap between white voter turnout and black voter turnout is actually widening. That’s where this tool comes in. We need these tools that were passed on a bipartisan basis. And now that we’re seeing an insurgent former president trying to undermine our democracy in every way possible, I want to encourage my fellow Democrats to I’m appealing to Republicans to do the right thing and protect our democracy.”
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