Georgia official says Harris lying about Georgia's new voting law

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger (R) has accused Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris of lying about Georgia's voting laws ahead of what is expected to be a close election less than a week from now.

"Frustratingly, recently, a candidate repeated that lie that we will lock up people that give water to voters waiting in line to vote," Raffensperger said during a campaign speech in Michigan. "That's a lie, because we don't have any lines in Georgia. It's just cheap politics."

More broadly, Raffensberger took aim at Democrats in general for their criticism of his state's laws around voting.

"We have worked tirelessly to prepare for this election by adding early voting days and investing in infrastructure, creating more security and more voter convenience…only to be rewarded with the lies about ‘Jim Crow 2.0.,'" he said.

"Love thy neighbor"

In front of a friendly Ann Arbor, Michigan crowd day Monday night, Harris said, "I was just in Georgia. You know they passed a law that makes it illegal to give people food and water for standing in line to vote?"

"The hypocrisy abounds. Whatever happened to ‘love thy neighbor,’ right?" she added.

Her remarks also got the attention of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R), who shot back with the argument that no one actually voted for Harris in the primaries.

"Sounds like Kamala Harris just can’t handle the truth," Kemp wrote on X on Tuesday. "We made it easier to vote and harder to cheat in Georgia. As a result, more than 3 million Georgians have already voted — that’s 3 million more votes than the Vice President got in the 2024 primaries."

Close scrutiny

Because the 2020 election in Georgia was so close, Georgia came under intense scrutiny that still hasn't been totally resolved. There are still multiple lawsuits and an indictment against former President Donald Trump and others there.

In fact, it is political groups that can't legally give out water to people standing in line, not individuals or non-political groups.

Georgia also instituted a law requiring voter ID for absentee ballots, and Democrats really hate any kind of ID laws because they take away their ability to cheat, if they want to.

Then the state also limited the number of drop boxes so they could be better monitored against fraud.

Republicans want to know that the votes cast are legitimate, while Democrats don't seem to care if it means they get more votes.

It's really that simple.