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Georgiaâs Black faith community, long crucial in mobilizing Black voters, is galled.
âOffering water to those who thirst is a basic tenet of Christianity, especially as an evangelical,â said Bishop Carl McRae, senior pastor of Exousia Lighthouse International Christian Ministries, just outside Atlanta.
At the heart of the new push to make voting harder in the state are unsubstantiated voter fraud claims by Donald Trump and other Republican officials. âNow we have a solution to a problem that never existed,â said McRae. Black churches such as his are taking a leading role in Georgia as they call for economic boycotts and community action.