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18 Mar, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Just in: President Biden and VP Harris will meet with Asian-American leaders in Atlanta during Friday’s visit to offer support for the community after this week's deadly spa shootings #gapol ajc.com/politics/polit…
The White House said Biden and Harris will speak with state legislators and community advocates from the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community to hear their perspective on the rise of anti-Asian hate incidents. #gapol ajc.com/politics/polit…
Updates: Biden is canceling a planned rally in Atlanta touting the coronavirus relief plan and instead narrowing his trip to a meeting with Asian-American leaders and a visit to the CDC. #gapol
Updates: ajc.com/politics/polit…
The president is also set to meet with @staceyabrams tomorrow to discuss state and federal voting legislation, including efforts in Georgia to restrict ballot access, sources confirm. #gapol ajc.com/politics/follo…

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17 Mar
Officials have captured a man suspected in one of three shootings across metro Atlanta that left eight people dead Tuesday.

ajc.com/news/breaking-…
Says @GeorgiaDemocrat chair @NikemaWilliams:
“An attack on our Asian American neighbors is an attack on us all, and will not go ignored or unanswered. Georgia Democrats stand in solidarity with our AAPI community and will fight for true accountability for this violence.”
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8 Mar
The Georgia House is on the cusp of adopting an overhaul of the 1800s-era “citizen’s arrest” law that allows Georgians to arrest someone they suspect of committing a crime, a law rooted in racial hate initially used to justify the killing of #AhmaudArbery. #gapol
It passed — unanimously. A standing ovation in the chamber #gapol
A very happy Rep. @bertreeves34, sponsor of the citizen’s arrest overhaul, minutes after it passed unanimously — surprising just about everyone. “I am floored,” says AJC statehouse guru @MayaTPrabhu, who has covered this debate for years. #gapol
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8 Mar
On Friday, Georgia critics of a Republican-backed provision to severely limit who can cast absentee ballots were optimistic they had enough GOP votes to water down the restrictions today. Over the weekend, their confidence soured. #gapol ajc.com/politics/polit…
Barring a shock, the Georgia Senate has the votes to pass the elections restrictions measure that would severely limit who could vote by mail this afternoon. #gapol
About three hours into debate in the Georgia Senate and Democrat Lester Jackson dropped this line: “This bill smells like voter suppression. This smells like Jim Crow laws, and it stinks like the smell of a deer carcass on I-16.” #gapol
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1 Mar
Now happening: Debate is beginning at the Georgia House over a GOP proposal to require ID for absentee voting, curb the use of ballot drop boxes and limit weekend early voting hours. #gapol
The sponsor, GOP Rep. Barry Fleming, is using phrases like “common-sense” and “restoring confidence” and “security measures” to frame a measure that House Democrats plan to oppose in unison as a sweeping rollback in voting rights. #gapol
Rep. Calvin Smyre, Dean of the Georgia House and one of the most respected people in this building: “This is a step in the wrong direction. I strongly believe it’s time that we encourage every citizen to participate in the truest sense of citizenship - and that’s voting.” #gapol
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1 Mar
The Jolt: Georgia Democrats and their allies play hardball to derail GOP voting restrictions as House lawmakers prepare to vote on new limits. A closer look at the multilayered campaign: #gapol ajc.com/politics/polit…
“Now is the time for action.” Georgia NAACP president @iMajorWish is urging the state’s corporate giants to speak out against GOP voting restriction proposals. #gapol
Outnumbered Democrats can’t stop the measure or others, including separate legislation that would end no-excuse absentee voting, if ruling Republicans continue to stay together. But they intend to exact a price. #gapol

ajc.com/politics/polit…
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26 Feb
Ask @NikemaWilliams how that will turn out if authorities try to arrest a sitting lawmaker for participating in a voting rights protest at the state Capitol #gapol Image
State lawmakers say the group won’t leave the Capitol steps until the officer apologizes to Rep. Park Cannon. #gapol
Democrats are pointing to this Getty photo of a “Stop the Steal” rally at the Capitol in November, when a group led by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and other Trump supporters congregated at the steps as authorities looked on. #gapol Image
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