“I’m glad to deal with it,” Kemp said of the corporate backlash while appearing on CNBC s “Closing Bell.”
“If they want to have a debate about the merits and the facts of the bill, then we should do that,” he added.
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Voting rights activists have condemned the bill, which limits ballot box drop-offs, enacts new voter ID requirements and prohibits giving food and water to voters waiting in line on Election Day. Many critics say it would disproportionately affect voters of color.
On Wednesday, executives from Delta and Coca-Cola, which are both headquartered in Atlanta, called the recently signed voting legislation unacceptable. On the same day, 72 Black business leaders signed a letter calling for companies to speak out against the bill in an effort led by former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault and Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier.
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Richard K. Ernst, Livermore
An ominous sign of the health and future of our nationâs democracy is occurring in state legislatures throughout the United States.
On the one hand, a flurry of bills is being proposed, the effect of which, if enacted, would undermine the right of untold numbers of American citizens to vote. At the same time, other proposals would greatly relax common sense restrictions on where gun owners can legally carry loaded weapons and continue permitting the sale of military-style assault weapons.
I would suggest that restricting citizenâs right to vote, while at the same time expanding the number of lethal weapons in the hands of private citizens, seriously jeopardizes the future of our democracy. Our democracy is much better served by guaranteeing the right of all legally eligible Americans to vote and reducing the proliferation of lethal weapons in our communities.
(Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)
This one was over before it started. As is the custom of conservative commentator and co-founder of The Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro, when he locks his robotic brain onto something or someone with which/whom he disagrees. Case in point: the seemingly hyper-overcaffeinated podcast host took all of one minute and 12 seconds to burn the Democrat Party’s “Republican voter suppression” lies to a smoldering heap on Wednesday.
As is usually the case, Shapiro not only didn’t stop to take a breath unless he’s perfected a way to suck in air while talking at a near-speed-of-sound clip he also appeared to increase his already blistering pace as he sped along the way.