Posted on 06/17/2026 7:07:47 PM PDT by Red Badger
Georgia’s Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday rejected Gov. Brian Kemp’s call to redraw congressional and legislative districts during a special session, citing concerns about moving too quickly after a US Supreme Court decision weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters.
House Speaker Jon Burns sent Kemp a letter hours before a special session was set to begin Wednesday, and he announced the decision as demonstrators filled the Georgia Capitol with chants of “Black voters matter!”
The decision marked a setback for both Kemp and President Donald Trump, who has urged Republican-led states to redraw congressional districts to their advantage. Ten states already have enacted new congressional districts ahead of the November midterm elections. Georgia would have been the first to change districts for the 2028 elections.
Burns said lawmakers want to take their time after the court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which struck down Louisiana’s congressional map as an illegal racial gerrymander and laid the groundwork for other Southern states to redraw their congressional districts. Burns said it was more important for lawmakers to focus on economic matters rather than “partisan games.” He also cited pending litigation over existing Georgia districts and the need for the state to understand the full ramifications for how race can or cannot be used in redistricting.
Republican legislative leaders did not rule out revisiting redistricting later this year.
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but gavin and nancy vote “yea”
Bookmark
Wouldn’t be prudent at this juncture - not going to do it, not going to do it.
RINOs will be RINOs...
Gotta get the propaganda in there are the end of the first paragraph
Quislings
AP "Staff": We don't report the news, we make up the news.
At this point, as a GA resident, I don’t trust Kemp to have the interests of the Ga GOP base as his primary interest.
Redistricting is a modest need in GA. So No big deal if ya ask me.
At the same time, there may be something ‘fishy’ about the governor’s request that set the GOP leaders off. Dunno.
Trump will apparently lead a convention of sorts in August. It is sincerely hoped that he names the creation of a new political party so that the failed Republican Party can be jettisoned once for all.
Just name names and find out who they are. Georgia primary is over so whoever objects is safe until ‘28. Mighta been Kemp’s motive.
“after a US Supreme Court decision weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters.”
Bias.
Cancel it. The GOP doesn’t deserve help for Nov. Useless jerks.
LIES..............
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