Cory Booker calls for Kemp election probe, talks Southern strategy

[TexasTowelie]

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker called on Gov. Brian Kemp to launch an investigation into his election victory over Stacey Abrams last year, and told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he would seek to codify the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion to halt the “heartbeat” bill that the Republican is set to sign into law.

In an interview Thursday, the New Jersey lawmaker said he would do the “opposite” of Democratic presidential candidates who traditionally ignore the South, calling the region his “pathway to the nomination and to winning the election.”

“Obviously my presence here shows you that you’re going to see me a lot more in Georgia,” he said, a day after his first campaign stop. “This is a state we’re going to be investing in and building a team up that I hope will allow us to earn the support of Georgians.”

And he also cautioned against “politicizing” the report from special counsel Robert Mueller, which was released shortly after the interview. He criticized Attorney General William Barr for releasing a “filtered version” of the report weeks ago.

Read more: https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/ajc-interview-cory-booker-calls-for-kemp-election-probe-talks-southern-strategy/U5x7JVhXm4eQoz76s1wygP/

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1. k&r nt

[Hortensis]

2. He also calls for a greatly expanded new Voting Rights Act.

It sounds a lot like a senate version of the house Democrats giant HR1 For The People Act, which is going to overhaul elections, get big money out of politics, close corruption loopholes, and much more. Or at least of a lot of parts of it.

As for calling on Kemp to investigate himself, lol. Anyway, since Kemp holds the governor's seat illicitly, by election theft fiat, I question his authority to do so.