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President Biden calls Georgia law 'Jim Crow in the 21st Century'!!
President Joe Biden today called a sweeping elections billsigned into law in Georgia "Jim Crow in the 21st Century" and "an atrocity," saying the Justice Department is "taking a look" at the measure.
Asked if there was anything the White House could do to protect voting rights in Georgia, Biden told reporters on a tarmac in Delaware, "We're working on that right now. We don't know quite exactly what we can do at this point. The Justice Department's taking a look as well."
A spokesperson for the Justice Department told CNN earlier Friday that the agency is "aware of the law," but had no further comment.
In a statement released earlier Friday, Biden called on Congress to pass voting rights legislation that would counter restrictions Republicans are trying to push through at the state level across the country.
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"If you want any indication that it has nothing to do with fairness, nothing to do with decency -- they passed a law saying you can't provide water for people standing in line while they're waiting to vote," Biden said before boarding Marine One.
Republicans in Georgia have pushed back on Biden's assessment of the new law.
Biden said in his first White House news conference on Thursday that he would "do everything" in his power to halt efforts to restrict voting rights and described the Republican efforts underway in state legislatures as "un-American."
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