Justice Department Looking At New Georgia Law Restricting Voting

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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🗓️ 27 March 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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President Joe Biden says that the Justice Department is looking at the new Georgia Law that restricts voting. Biden slams the new Georgia law, saying that it is a "blatant attack" on the constitution and "Jim Crow in the 21st century" that "must end." Civil Rights groups are now suing over the sweeping limits on Georgia voter access. The law includes a ban on giving food and water to voters in line. Biden calls the new restrictions "an atrocity." The White House is deeply concerned about the Georgia lawmaker that was arrested for protesting as the Georgia governor signed the voting restrictions bill. Former President Donald Trump praises the new Georgia voting restrictions and says, "too bad these changes could not have been done sooner." Senate Democrats and Republicans are at odds over the major voting rights bill as Biden blasts the voter suppression moves as "un-American." Secretary of State Blinken on punishing China for misleading the world about covid. A State of the Union is schedule for Sunday at 9 a.m. ET, showing on CNN. One-on-one with Georgia Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson. The Justice Department says that the Oath Keepers had weapons training ahead of riot and offers photo evidence. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.7	I'm Pamela Brown in the situation room. President Biden says the
0:44.4	Justice Department is looking into a controversial new Georgia law placing sharp
0:49.1	restrictions on voting. Mr. Biden slammed it as a blatant attack on the Constitution, calling it quote
0:55.3	Jim Crow in the 21st century that must end. And the White House says it's deeply
1:01.1	concerned about the arrest of African American Georgia State
1:04.7	Representative Park Cannon. She was hand-capped and taken into custody after she
1:09.1	knocked on Governor Brian Kim's office door repeatedly while he announced the signing of the bill.
1:15.2	Civil rights groups are suing over the new law, which among other things makes it illegal
1:19.5	to give food or water to voters waiting in line, which sometimes lasts for hours.
1:25.0	And it also places new restrictions on absentee voting and ballot drop boxes.
1:30.0	Let's get more with CNN Chief National Affairs correspondent Jeff
1:34.0	the president had a sharp reaction to this controversial new law.
1:38.0	Pamela, he absolutely did. He did call it a blatant attack on the Constitution and on good conscience.
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