Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams posted a nearly six minute long video finishing her comments to Republican Sen. John Kennedy after she was interrupted while answering his question about specific aspects of Georgia’s new election law that she finds problematic.
During last week’s hearing on voting rights, Kennedy tried to trip up Abrams by asking her to “give” him a “list of the provisions that you object to,” that backfired on the senator who interrupted Abrams, telling her he “get the idea” after she easily rattled off some provisions in the bill that she disagrees with.
On Tuesday, Abrams posted a video to continue her testimony, in which she outlined additional components of the law Democrats say makes it harder for some Georgians, particularly voters of color, to cast their ballots in future elections.
“Thank you senator, for that question. I know we got cut off before, so let me continue,” she said in the video.
She went on to address some provisions in the bill including a ban on outside groups handing out water or snacks to voters in line, strip power from the secretary of state, give the Legislature new power to oversee local elections, curb the use of drop boxes and impose new ID requirements for absentee ballots.
Throughout the video Abrams included clips of Sen. Kennedy asking “is that everything?”
“Nope. With all due respect, I’m not done yet, senator” she said in the clip.
She also brought up more restrictive measures that Republicans tried to pass in an earlier version of the bill.
“Let’s not forget that Republicans wanted to eliminate Sunday voting, but we stopped them. And Republicans wanted to eliminate no excuses absentee voting, but we stopped them. And Republicans wanted to eliminate automatic voter registration. But wait for it, we stopped them,” she said.
Republicans in the state have argued that the new measures are meant to restore confidence in the state’s electoral system after it was repeatedly question by Donald Trump through his unsupported claims of widespread fraud in the November presidential election.
