Hours after Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian called the state’s new Republican-led voting law “unacceptable” and “based on a lie,” Republican state lawmakers nearly scrapped a jet fuel tax exemption the Atlanta-based airline had lobbied for years ago.
In a last-minute amendment in the final hour of the state’s General Assembly session Wednesday night, the state house passed a bill that would begin collecting fuel taxes in the state, but the state senate did not approve the measure before adjourning.
“[This bill] is purely retaliation for the business community speaking out against a bill that everyone knows is Jim Crow 2.0,” said Democratic State Representative David Wilkerson as the house voted on the change.
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