Brian Kemp Finds Georgians Exercising Their Right to Vote “Concerning”

For Immediate Release
October 23, 2018

Brian Kemp Finds Georgians Exercising Their Right to Vote “Concerning”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In leaked audio from a fundraiser on Friday evening, Brian Kemp tells a room full of supporters that Stacey Abrams' grassroots get-out-the-vote program continues to “concern” him, adding “especially if everybody uses and exercises their right to vote.” Christina Reynolds, vice president of communications at EMILYs List, released the following statement:

“Kemp has only articulated what we already know to be true: that his path to victory relies on preventing Georgians from voting. Well, we're not going to let that happen. Stacey Abrams is running a people-driven operation in which all citizens are empowered to have their voices heard. It won't matter that Brian Kemp has refused to resign his taxpayer-funded position as overseer of elections, despite the fact that he is on the ballot. And it won't matter that he is actively working to make it harder to vote, because Georgians are going to send him a clear and resounding message: Georgia's future is too important to put in the hands of a discriminatory and dishonest cheat like Kemp.”

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