Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Signed 'Jim Crow' Bill Under a Slave Plantation Picture

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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Signed 'Jim Crow' Bill Under a Slave Plantation Picture

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signing Jim Crow voting laws under a picture of a Georgia slave plantation. The message is clear.

3/27/21
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the "Election Integrity Law" on Thursday amid widespread criticism from Democrats and voting rights groups, and the arrest of a Black state lawmaker. Kemp is now facing further controversy after it emerged he had apparently signed the new bill while sitting under a painting of a former slave plantation. Will Bunch, national opinion columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer made the connection first. The painting can be clearly seen in photos of Kemp signing the bill. Bunch identified the picture as Brickhouse Road -- Callaway PLNT by artist Olessia Maximenko, pointing to a document from the Georgia Council for the Arts. The former slave plantation in Wilkes County, Georgia, is now a historic visitors' site. A Google image search shows photos of the plantation that further support Bunch's contention that it is depicted in the painting. Georgia Republicans have been accused of engaging in voter suppression with the Election Integrity Act amid serious concerns the bills measures will have a negative effect on Black voters in the state.

Bunch noted on Twitter that "by the time of the Civil War, the Callaway Plantation only thrived because of the back-breaking labor of more than 100 slaves who were held in cruel human bondage." "Georgia blazed a trail into the new era of mass incarceration and voter suppression, epitomized by Brian Kemp and his purges of legitimate voters and other Jim Crow-inspired tactics," Bunch went on. "In 2021, the irony of Kemp signing this bill -- that makes it illegal to give water to voters waiting on the sometimes 10-hour lines that state policies create in mostly Black precincts -- under the image of a brutal slave plantation is almost too much to bear." "The symbolism is no accident. Brian Kemp and his white henchmen have created an image for our times, in working to continue a tradition of inhumanity and white supremacy that now spans centuries," he said.

As I've stated previously, Republicans are no longer discreet about their racism. They put it right out there in your face.

 

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How apropos.

 

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And the expected legal challenges begin;

“Georgia's sweeping new voting restrictions came under attack on Friday, with civil rights groups challenging them in court and President Joe Biden saying the U.S. Justice Department was examining what he called an "atrocity" of a law.

Among other limits, the Republican-backed law enacted on Thursday imposes stricter identification requirements, limits drop boxes, gives lawmakers the power to take over local elections and shortens the early voting period for all runoff elections. It also makes it a misdemeanor for people to offer food and water to voters here in line, in a state where people sometimes wait for hours in the heat to vote.

Marc Elias, a Democratic lawyer who spearheaded the party's election legal efforts last year, is representing the groups, which include The New Georgia Project, Black Voters Matter Fund and Rise, Inc.

"These provisions lack any justification for their burdensome and discriminatory effects on voting," the lawsuit said.

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The perpetual battle against Republican voter suppression efforts continues .....

 

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And the expected legal challenges begin;

“Georgia's sweeping new voting restrictions came under attack on Friday, with civil rights groups challenging them in court and President Joe Biden saying the U.S. Justice Department was examining what he called an "atrocity" of a law.

Among other limits, the Republican-backed law enacted on Thursday imposes stricter identification requirements, limits drop boxes, gives lawmakers the power to take over local elections and shortens the early voting period for all runoff elections. It also makes it a misdemeanor for people to offer food and water to voters here in line, in a state where people sometimes wait for hours in the heat to vote.

Marc Elias, a Democratic lawyer who spearheaded the party's election legal efforts last year, is representing the groups, which include The New Georgia Project, Black Voters Matter Fund and Rise, Inc.

"These provisions lack any justification for their burdensome and discriminatory effects on voting," the lawsuit said.

Redirect Notice

www.google.com

The perpetual battle against Republican voter suppression efforts continues .....

The Republicans are mounting a brave and dedicated defense of American democracy against the Democrats assault on the protections of voter rights to a free and fair election. Free of foreign intervention commandeering of mail ballot. Fair, assuring safe access by only authentic, patriotic American voters. This is a time when we must all stand up, for democracy, American democracy, and defend ourselves and all our fellow Americans against the Democrat party onslaught against our Republican form of government. (ex post fact SNARK warning).