John,

Last week, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp put his knee on the neck of Georgia voters by signing S.B. 202, a law designed to restrict voting rights. It imposes draconian Jim Crow 2.0 measures — including making it a crime to hand out food or water to people waiting in line for hours to vote and allowing GOP political hacks to take over local control of Elections Boards when they don’t like the outcome.

This is a huge threat aimed directly at large Democratic strongholds such as DeKalb and Fulton counties, exactly what Trump was trying to do in the Presidential election and January Senate run-offs. Kemp and his legislative minions have codified the ability to overturn the will of Georgia voters.

Signing this heinous law behind closed doors, Gov. Kemp was actually throwing a victory party complete with six good ol’ boys and an outsized painting of a Georgia slave plantation just as Georgia Representative, Park Cannon was knocking on his door — still fighting for her constituents’ rights to vote.

In response to her knocking on a door, Georgia State Troopers hauled her off in handcuffs to the Fulton County jail and charged her with two felonies. What a throwback to the dark past when Black people didn’t have rights in this country and couldn’t even step inside the Georgia State Capitol. Now you can go in, even be a duly elected official, but you get arrested for knocking on a door. What a contrast with the treatment of the Trump mob who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol and walked away.

Republicans are intent on rolling back voting rights and making it as hard as possible for people to vote. They know that they can’t win elections fair-and-square, and Donald Trump has inspired them to ignore democracy and simply grab power wherever they can.

John — I pledge to keep fighting to pass the For the People Act, a federal law that protects voting rights across the country, in every state! If you’re able, please join the fight by pitching in a donation today.

Thanks for your continuing support and encouragement, it keeps me going!

— Hank

 
   
Congressman Hank Johnson is a former defense attorney, DeKalb County commissioner, small business owner, and magistrate judge who now serves in Congress as a champion for the middle class.

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