choosing to skip the speech, calling anything short of a concrete plan to pass democrats legislation unacceptable, an empty gesture. georgia has progressively become more progressive, narrowly flipping for biden in 2020 by less than 12,000 votes. now the groups that helped drive record democratic turnout say to bring voters out again, it s time for a return on their investment. what is your biggest fear if this legislation does not pass our biggest fear is we have nothing to say to these voters as to why they should come out again in the midterms and make their voices heard because this administration has given us no there s no meat on the bone. reporter: tonight republicans are defending georgia s controversial new voting law slammed by critics as voter suppression. governor brian kemp says it s the opposite. georgia s elections integrity act makes it easy to vote and hard to cheat reporter: last year, president biden told georgia democrats electing two democratic senator