Age: 57
Occupation: governor
Last Seen: Atlanta, GA
Bee-otched For: letting Jim Crow fly free
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We all know how an automobile works: (D) means drive and (R) means reverse.
The same goes with the world of politics.
When Joe Biden won Georgia in the 2020 Presidential Election, it was a stunner that a traditionally Republican state would vote for a Democrat. As a matter of fact, nearly 12,000 more votes were in Biden's favor over Drumpf.
And boy, did it piss off governor Brian Kemp.
Kemp - who has been the state's governor since 2019 - signed into law tougher voter restrictions on Thursday that many critics - like myself - simply bring a return of Jim Crow laws. It limits absentee voting, restrict voting boxes - meaning that when county offices close at 5 p.m., you cannot put your ballot in the box and it forces voters to put in their IDs when voting. All this means increases voting in person, which means that you'll get thirsty and hungry while standing in long lines. Well, good luck, because giving out food and beverages in voter lines will now be banned.
Kemp signed the bill into law in his private office with several white male lawmakers standing behind him. Ironically, Kemp signed the bill with a painting of an old plantation where slaves worked behind him. Many of us were heartbroken watching State Rep. Park Cannon get arrested while banging on the governor's door. Surely, this bill is nothing more than a power grab by the Rethugs to regain power in Georgia by slapping duct tape on the mouths of African Americans, who make up 30% of the state's population.
Bear in mind that Kemp is the same governor who signed into law the "heartbeat bill" which banned abortions when the fetus develops a heartbeat. Because of this, many productions pulled out of Georgia, including The Walking Dead and several Netflix shows like Stranger Things, whose Starcourt Mall scenes were all shot at the dying Gwinnett Place Mall in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth.
What's even more tragic is that other states signed similar bills to the heartbeat bill. Now, other states are crafting similar bills to the Georgia voting bill because Drumpf was pissed that he lost. Absentee voting should be the wave of the future because it's convenient and easy, whereas voting in person resorts to long lines and having to skip work for many. For others, the nearest voting center is too far away and for others more, they don't have any ID. And if you think it's an issue among blacks, guess what? I have a cousin in New York City who has never driven before and he's WHITE!
It's pathetic that Georgia was the home state of Martin Luther King, Jr. and that Kemp is from Athens, the home of two of rock's most-leftest bands: The B-52's and REM. It's also pure bullshit that Kemp is a Republican, which once upon a time was the party of Lincoln. Georgia is also the home of the great Jimmy Carter, who was probably the-most-progressive president of the past 50 years. Yet, people like Kemp and now-former Michigan governor pRick Snyder have proven to the world that the Repukes are now the polar opposite of Lincoln. Do you live in a heavily-black city? We're gonna fuck up your water. Wanna vote Democrat? Tough shit. Hell, I remembered when Snyder tried to ban straight ticket voting and got overturned in the process.
Today, I feel bad for Georgia and other states who have voted Republican and are now getting fucked. I hope that in 2022, we can get assholes like Brian Kemp, Mike DeWine, Greg Abbott, Ron DeSantis and too many others out of their offices and get decent governors who care about their people. Sadly, I'll betcha that too many of those douchebags will trump for Drumpf and will try to get him back in the White House. If that happens, say hello to 1929 again.
Oh and BTW, Kemp is now in quarantine because he was exposed to COVID-19. Boo-fucking-hoo.
I can clearly tell that the people of Georgia aren't "Shiny Happy People".
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