Current Events > Without evidence, GOP candidate in Georgia launches investigation into Dem party

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https://cnn.it/2Rwtsgf

Georgia's Secretary of State's office says it has launched an investigation into a "failed attempt to hack the state's voter registration system" on Saturday evening.

The office of Brian Kemp, who is also the Republican candidate for governor, said in a Sunday morning news release that they will investigate the Georgia Democratic Party as part of its probe, but did not offer any details on why it is investigating the Democratic party.

"While we cannot comment on the specifics of an ongoing investigation, I can confirm that the Democratic Party of Georgia is under investigation for possible cyber crimes," said press secretary Candice Broce in the release. "We can also confirm that no personal data was breached and our system remains secure."

The Georgia Democratic Party said in a statement Sunday that the "scurrilous claims are 100 percent false" and called the investigation "another example of abuse of power" by Kemp.

Stacey Abrams, Georgia's Democratic gubernatorial nominee, told CNN's Jake Tapper that the investigation was an attempt to distract voters two days before the election.

"I've heard nothing about it, and my reaction would be that this is a desperate attempt on the part of my opponent to distract people from the fact that two different federal judges found him derelict in his duties and have forced him to accept absentee ballots to be counted and those who are being held captive by the exact match system to be allowed to vote," Abrams said.

"He is desperate to turn the conversation away from his failures, from his refusal to honor his commitments and from the fact that he's part of a nationwide system of voter suppression that will not work in this election because we're going to outwork him, we're going to out vote him and we're going to win," she said.

This is the guy who purged about 10 percent of the state's registered voters: https://www.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/voter-purge-begs-question-what-the-matter-with-georgia/YAFvuk3Bu95kJIMaDiDFqJ/amp.html
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They're so scared.
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Hope this piece of shit Kemp kicks the bucket
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Democrats hate witch hunts now.
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Hey, it worked for Comey

Kemp should be barred from any public office simply because he pointed a weapon at someone in an ad
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Nomadic View posted...

Democrats hate witch hunts now.

Is there any standard for the republican party you think is too low to support other than dogwhistling to border guards to mass murder brown people?

Also this is to just set a precedence of doubt if Kemp loses.

And if he wins, they'll spin it as "oh well they tried to cheat! And we still won!"

It'd be hilarious if it all blew up in his face and he got indicted or kicked out of office because it was actually his party that did it.
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NibeIungsnarf posted...

Nomadic View posted...

Democrats hate witch hunts now.

Is there any standard for the republican party you think is too low to support other than dogwhistling to border guards to mass murder brown people?

I'm not even really convinced he was particularly outraged at that tbh
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Kemp also accused Obama's Dep of Homeland Security of attempting to hack GA's elections in 2016. Trump's own investigation found that the emails in question were routine communication between state and federal government.

Republicans cheat in the general elections.
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iPhone_7 posted...

Republicans cheat in the general elections.

they're willing to do everything and anything to stay in power even sell their souls to the devil.
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