Georgia Governor Brian "Inspector" Kemp is at it again; the Republican Governor, after rushing to redistrict Georgia based on a court ruling that required a gerrymandered majority black district three years ago is refusing to call a special session of the legislature to redraw the state map and return to the old district scheme.
Yes, this is the same Brian Kemp who, along with the Secretary of State, cost President Trump the election of 2020 and thus started our long national nightmare by refusing to look into blatant election fraud and find a number of missing votes that would have put President Trump over the line.
Caroline Wren
@CarolineWren
After a District Judge ruled in 2023 that Georgia’s congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act, Governor Kemp immediately called a special session to ADD a new Black-majority congressional district in Atlanta.
"The court ruled; Georgia will redraw.”
Governor Kemp jumps into action when it harms Republicans and delays to act when it helps.
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Greg Bluestein
@bluestein
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May 1
Just in: Gov. Kemp won’t cancel Georgia’s May 19 primary or rush to impose new political maps for this year’s elections. But Kemp also signaled to the @ajc that he could still call lawmakers back to Atlanta this year to redraw boundaries for 2028. #gapol
Why not do it now? Why wait until '28? I would argue it is to screw over President Trump once again. Kemp wants GOP control of Congress, just not now while Trump is the President.
Brian Kemp is the guy who could barely beat STACEY ABRAMS for crying out loud and yet he's going to screw over the Republican party, the voters of Georgia, and the President of the United States.
BTW a lot of commenters on the article point out Kemp's daughter's boyfriend died under suspicious circumstances in a car accident - and Hemp, er, Kemp had been calling for an audit up until then. Suddenly he changed his tune. Coincidence? Or was it "message received and understood"? Kemp also has some shady business dealings with the People's Republic of China. Take from that what you will.