AME Bishop: Georgia’s New Voting Law Disappointing, Based On False Voter Fraud Claims
A bishop, who oversees more than 500 African Methodist Episcopal (AME) churches in Georgia, says the state’s new voting law is very disappointing and based on false claims by former President Donald Trump about voter fraud.
“This is really a [serious] threat to our democracy, particularly this bill that Gov. Brian Kemp signed in Georgia,” said Bishop Reginald Thomas Jackson, presiding prelate of the Sixth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
On Tuesday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Jackson said the new law aims to suppress the Black vote and is geared toward ensuring that Republicans don’t lose another election in Georgia.
“If Republicans would have won in November and if they would have won the two Senate races, none of these bills would have been introduced,” Jackson said. “These bills were introduced because they lost.”
At the time of Jackson’s conversation with show host Rose Scott, a press conference was being held by several civil rights groups — including the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. and the American Civil Union of Georgia — to discuss a federal lawsuit filed by law firms WilmerHale and Davis Wright Tremaine on behalf of the organizations in response to the voting law.
Jackson discussed why it’s critical for everyone to take action and for companies to speak out against voter suppression.
“We cannot continue to give these companies our money and to drink their products and to fly on their flights if, in fact, they are not going to stand up for what is right,” Jackson said.
To listen to the full conversation, click the audio player above.
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