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There you have it – there it is. Party of lawless oppressors. The last thing they want is free and fair elections. They’d lose.
Democrats Protest Election Integrity Bill Inside Georgia State Capitol, Clash With Police
By Amanda Prestigiacomo • Daily Wire, Mar 1, 2021:
Democratic Georgia lawmakers clashed with officers at the state’s Capitol building on Friday during a protest against a Republican effort to ensure election integrity through measures that include mandating voter ID for absentee voting.
Inside the Capitol, protesting Democrats were told by officers that they were in violation of the law and asked to back up when they started shouting “All Votes Matter” and climbed the stairs leading to the House and Senate chambers as legislators were recessing for lunch, reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC).
One of the representatives, state Rep. Park Cannon, a Democrat, walked in front of the officer’s megaphone. She was grabbed on the arm by another officer and asked to back up.
“Step aside, ma’am,” the officer told Cannon. “Go, go. Step aside.”
“You can’t touch her!” protesters yelled at the officer.
Outraged Democrats later started a sit-in on the steps, demanding an apology from Georgia State Patrol.
Captioning a video of the commotion, FOX 5 Atlanta reporter Claire Simms wrote on Friday, “Confusion at the State Capitol after some lawmakers joined in with a protest against HB 531 and a state trooper touched Rep. Park Cannon after she stood in front of a bullhorn.”
#BREAKING: Confusion at the State Capitol after some lawmakers joined in with a protest against HB 531 and a state trooper touched Rep. Park Cannon after she stood in front of a bullhorn. @FOX5Atlanta #gapol pic.twitter.com/jlkOM5lsZd
— Claire Simms Chaffins (@ClaireSChaffins) February 26, 2021
#BREAKING: Confusion at the State Capitol after some lawmakers joined in with a protest against HB 531 and a state trooper touched Rep. Park Cannon after she stood in front of a bullhorn. @FOX5Atlanta #gapol pic.twitter.com/jlkOM5lsZd
— Claire Simms (@Claire_FOX5) February 26, 2021
Soon after, Simms tweeted a photo of the sit-in. “A group of House Democrats has joined Rep. Cannon in a sit-in on the stairs where it happened. She maintains the officer needs to apologize publicly,” she wrote.
NOW: A group of House Democrats has joined Rep. Cannon in a sit-in on the stairs where it happened. She maintains the officer needs to apologize publicly. @FOX5Atlanta #gapol pic.twitter.com/MCLtlGH6OY
— Claire Simms Chaffins (@ClaireSChaffins) February 26, 2021
The Democrats sat until they “received an apology,” which was not made public, according to AJC. The sit-in lasted about 90 minutes and no arrests were made.
Georgia Republicans’ House Bill 531, filed by Republican state Rep. Barry Fleming, seeks to protect elections but enforcing conformity across the state, mandating voter ID for absentee voting, set earlier deadlines for requesting absentee ballots, restrict drop boxes, and limit weekend early voting, AJC reported.
This section is big:
-Earliest request for absentee ballot is 11 weeks before election, latest is 2 Fridays before election
-Application has DL# or state ID# or copy of photo ID, both paper+online
-No gov't/elections office can directly send an absentee ballot application pic.twitter.com/LW58UsKuqE
— stephen fowler (@stphnfwlr) February 18, 2021
“The goal of me speaking today is so that black people, people across the state of Georgia, poor people, mothers and seniors can vote,” Cannon said during the protest, claiming that the bill targets by race and status.
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26 Comments
3 years ago
SHOULD HAVE FIRE HOSED EM OFF THE STEPS !!!!
3 years ago
Reply to
Sgt Snuffy
I agree. Bring back the mace and the fire hoses. Put some guts back into the law by enforcing it!
3 years ago
DISQUS GIF …….. typed in riot
Whole slew of anti-Trump gif’s come up …….. geller report is screwed
3 years ago
Reply to
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
I’ve never looked at the “gifs” (sp?) before. Unbelievable to the point of being shocking.
3 years ago
Reply to
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
disqus has been taken over by pvssy libtuuuurds!!!
3 years ago
Reply to
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
You are right. I don’t g*ogle anymore nor use Twitter, nor watch “fake’ news. They always “ban” what they don’t want us to know or if we disagree w/their narrative. And they use liberal fact checkers: Snopes, Politifact…
3 years ago
The ‘poor people’ of GA got their public assistance, hopefully. All public assistance REQUIRES A VALID PHOTO ID. Public assistance isn’t a right, but VOTING IS. So, why then wouldn’t it be OK to REQUIRE A VALID PHOTO ID to vote?
Crickets…
TRUMP WON!!!
3 years ago
Insurrection.
3 years ago
Simply to keep this statement in a manner that could be understood, by that crowd.
Yo! It appears as ahf da crowd ahs heatede up, like, predoesmahnately, of da Evil Ninja Ceasyckaahn enhaced. I know nah one, of dat partahcular specahes, oh, baby, dat has ay form of state ahssued ahdentahfahcatahon. ‘S coo’, bro. All Votes Matter!
3 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
And Black lives don’t matter any more than anybody else’s–less if they insist on low life activities.
3 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
Now Mohandjob, very authentic, but simply not enough ‘four-letter’ words for that crowd……
3 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
Oh my! That’s not even in their vocabulary. So, it wouldn’t be “authentic.”
3 years ago
Of course they hate voter integrity because then they can’t cheat!!!! Nothing lower and more criminal than a dumocrap except for muslims!!!!
3 years ago
Bad consciense of Democrat deceivers who are afraid about truth.
3 years ago
Insurrection! Putting legislators in fear; and interfering with their performance of office!
They need to impeach the Governor for the statements he made that promoted violence against duly elected legislative representatives.
3 years ago
Democrats HAVE no “integrity” …. why should elections.
3 years ago
These sorry leftist punks can not compete on a level playing field! Not in GA and not anywhere!
3 years ago
Why do so many black women always repeat a sentence over and over and over again when they try to start trouble?
Who was the original woman that was cloned in the millions?
3 years ago
Now who’s been labeled an ‘ insurrectionist ‘ ?
3 years ago
These common sense measures should be implemented nationwide. Can you imagine CA, NY and IL having fair and honest elections? Me neither.
