the law cut in half the time allowed between a general election and a runoff. it reduced early voting locations and voting hours and placed limits on voting by mail. it even made it against the law to approach a voter standing in line with food or water. despite all of this voter suppression, the state s first black senator, raphael warnock, has won two elections and two georgia runoffs. victories harnessed by activists like stacey abrams, latosha brown, and the same black women who helped flip the state blue two years ago. run off elections have racist roots. georgia and louisiana are the only states that use runoffs for general elections. as the washington post points out, georgia s system was created in 1964 at the urging of denmark groover, a vocal segregationist determined to suppress black political representation. runoffs had existed for decades, georgia s enthusiastic adoption of two-round voting came as a way of insuring a conservative
vote, no intimidate voter standing in line, you criminalize behavior. you re going to say i have a committee in place and if they don t like the outcome of the vote we ll nullify the election. these are third world stuff and i don t understand how any senators can look at what s going on in georgia and florida and texas and 16 other states and not know that this fragile democracy of ours is teetering on collapse if we do not stop this foolishness. you were seen talking to senator joe manchin.
thanks rene, just one voter standing in this line. there are several hundred now, more expected to come. last time bernie sanders was in west virginia, he spoke to a proud of 2,000 people. we ll see if he gets that here today. and i m sure she s echoing the sentiments of many. let s get to north korea. earlier this morning state media called yesterday s show of force by the u.s. reckless military provocations. the statement follows meetings between president trump and leaders of japan and china about these rising tensions. and here s what he told president xi yesterday. things that you have done relative to the very substantial problem that we all face in north korea, a problem that something has to be done.
whether a bit of political horse trading would damage the party the gop is guaranteed to lose its favorite neurosurgeon should the brokered convention become a reality. candidate ben carson issued a statement in response saying if it is correct every voter standing for change must know they are betrayed. i won t stand for itnd a i assure you donald trump won t be the only one leaving the party. carson said this morning on abc s this week he s since spoken with reince priebus who has assured him there s been no back room dealing. according to the new nbc/ wall street journal poll out this morning, looks like he s already slipped to fourth place in the republican field. he lost many of his supporters to the new number two, senator ted cruz. trump, on the other hand, maintains his nearly five-month poll position at the head of the pack despite the firestorm of criticism that has plagued him