Amid Critical Backlash, Georgia Republicans Defend New Voting Laws

Protestors held almost daily demonstrations outside the Georgia capitol as new voting laws were being debated inside.

Emil Moffatt/WABE

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp continues to stand behind the state’s new voting laws, even as a growing number of major corporations push back against them.

At a press conference at the state capitol following Major League Baseball’s announcement that it was moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta, the Republican blamed the backlash on what he calls “disinformation”

“They ignored the facts of our new ‘Election Integrity’ law and they ignored the consequences of their decision on our local community,” said Kemp.